Possible overdiagnosis of early-stage lung adenocarcinoma among never-smokers in Taiwan
Szu-Chun Yang,
Wu-Wei Lai,
Tzu-I Wu
et al.
Abstract:Extract
Overdiagnosis in cancer screening denotes the detection of cancer that does not cause premature mortality [1, 2]. A standard approach to estimate the magnitude of overdiagnosis is through randomised controlled trials and comparing the cancer incidence in the screened group with that in the control group [3]. Recent studies from Asian countries showed that the promotion of computed tomography (CT) screening among individuals who mostly never smoked was associated with a rapidly increased inci… Show more
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