This study examined the rate of overdiagnosis (detection rate of indolent tumors) of lung cancer in the NLST. They found that 18% of all lung cancers detected were of the indolent type, and nearly 79% of the bronchioalveolar cancers were likely indolent.
Overdiagnosis in Low-Dose Computed Tomography Screening for Lung Cancer
Submitted by: Erica Curcio
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine
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Author(s): Edward F. Patz Jr; Paul Pinsky; Constantine Gatsonis; JoRean D. Sicks; Barnett S. Kramer; Martin C. Tammemägi; Caroline Chiles; William C. Black; Denise R. Aberle; for the NLST Overdiagnosis Manuscript Writing Team