Is screening for lung cancer valuable?
Lung cancer statistics
- 213,000 new cases/year
- 160,000 deaths/year
- More deaths than breast, prostate, colon, ovarian cancer combined
- $9.6 billion/year for treatment
How bad is diagnosis of lung cancer (5 year survival)?
- Lung: 15%
- Prostate: 98%
- Colon: 62%
- Breast: 87%
It is now known that low-dose CT scan of the chest can reduce deaths from lung cancer by as much as 20%
