Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT could be cost effective

The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) showed that screening with low-dose computed tomography (LD-CT) as compared with chest radiography reduced lung cancer mortality. In a study reported in the 6th November 2014 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, the researchers reported that lung cancer screening in the NLST study meets a commonly accepted standard for cost-effectiveness. Read more here.