This study aimed to measure the population-level impact of federal lung cancer screening recommendations and Medicare coverage. After these decisions were implemented, and when adjusted for age, researchers found that they were associated with an increased incidence of early-stage lung cancer and decreased incidence of advanced-stage lung cancer.
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Impact of Federal Lung Cancer Screening Policy on the Incidence of Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Submitted by: Cameron Lind
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.11.021
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Author(s): Matthew S. Khouzam, BSc, Douglas E. Wood, MD, Wickii Vigneswaran, MD, MBA, Amit Goyal, MD, Cheryl Czerlanis, MD, Shanda H. Blackmon, MD, MPH, Jessica Donington, MD, Kathy S. Albain, MD, Richard K. Freeman, MD, MBA, Zaid M. Abdelsattar, MD, MSc
