Surrogate Markers and the Association of Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening With Mortality

JAMA Oncol. 2018 Jul 1;4(7):1006-1008. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.1263.

Abstract

This study examines the reliability of predictive markers of CT screening for lung cancer and its association with patient outcomes, including mortality.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers / metabolism*
  • Early Detection of Cancer
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / mortality*
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

Substances

  • Biomarkers