Lung Cancer Overdiagnosis Is Uncommon With Ct Screening

CT screening for lung cancer was reviewed, with overdiagnosis found uncommon. "The aim of this study was to assess the significance of Stage I diagnoses of lung cancer in the baseline cycle of screening for this disease, with special reference to the potential for overdiagnosis. We reviewed all 69 cases of Stage I lung cancer diagnosis resulting from our baseline CT screening. Among these 69 cases of lung cancer, 24 presented as solid, 30 as part-solid, and 15 as nonsolid nodules," scientists in the United States reported. "The extent to which these represented genuine malignancy was assessed by a panel of experts on lung pathology, and the 'aggressiveness' of these cases was addressed by the criterion of the tumor's volume doubling t...