Experts recommend shared patient - doctor decision-making prior to lung cancer screening

(UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center) In a viewpoint perspective published in JAMA on March 9, 2021, a University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher and two other experts endorsed the Center for Medicare& Medicaid Services' (CMS) requirement for a patient and their doctor to engage in a shared discussion of benefits and harms before proceeding with a low-dose spiral computed tomography (LDCT) scan as a method for preventing lung cancer death.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news