Biennial lung cancer screening in Canada with smoking cessation—outcomes and cost-effectiveness

Highlights • Lung cancer screening by CT decreases mortality but consumes resources. • Our model suggests that biennial screening is more cost-effective than annual. • Over a 20 year screening program, quality-adjusted life-years saved are similar. • Average incremental CT scan use with biennial scr...

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Published in:	Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Netherlands), 2016-11, Vol.101, p.98-103
Main Authors:	Goffin, John R., MD, FRCPC, Flanagan, William M., BM, Miller, Anthony B., MD, FRCPC, Fitzgerald, Natalie R., MA, Memon, Saima, MBBS, MPH, Wolfson, Michael C., PhD, Evans, William K., MD, FRCPC
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Aged Canada - epidemiology Cost-Benefit Analysis - economics Cost-effectiveness Early Detection of Cancer - methods Female Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine Humans Low-dose CT Lung cancer Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Lung Neoplasms - economics Lung Neoplasms - prevention & control Male Mass Screening - economics Mass Screening - methods Middle Aged Pulmonary/Respiratory Quality of Life Quality-Adjusted Life Years Radiation Dosage Screening Smoking - adverse effects Smoking - epidemiology Smoking cessation Smoking Cessation - economics Smoking Cessation - methods Smoking Prevention Tomography, X-Ray Computed - economics Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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