Medicare Approves Coverage for Lung Cancer Screening: The Case for Symptomatic Screening

JAMA Oncol. 2015 Nov;1(8):1027-8. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.2165.

Authors

Vivek Verma¹, Sushil Beriwal²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Nebraska, Omaha.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 26226384
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.2165

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aged
Asymptomatic Diseases
Early Detection of Cancer / methods*
Eligibility Determination
Female
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / complications
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Lung Neoplasms / epidemiology
Male
Medicare*
Middle Aged
Patient Selection*
Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Smoking / adverse effects
Smoking / epidemiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
United States