Medicare Advisors Doubt Benefits Of Low-Dose CT For Lung Cancer Screening
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A Medicare advisory panel voted “low confidence” on the benefits of low-dose computed tomography for lung cancer screening at an April 30 meeting in Baltimore, Md.
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