Heavy smokers can benefit from lung cancer screening using low-dose CT

Lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography (CT) offers more benefits than harms for heavy active and former smokers: The procedure can prevent some people from dying from lung cancer and may also prolong overall survival. This conclusion was already drawn in the benefit assessment published by the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) in November 2020.

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