Sometimes when a study comes out that I'm very interested in blogging about, I don't get around to it right away. In the blogging biz, this sort of delay is often considered a bad thing, because blogging tends to be very immediate, about being the firstest with the mostest, and the moment to strike and be heard about major studies is brief. Of course, there's also real life as well. That this particular study came out in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) didn't help. So, here it is, a week and a half later, and I'm finally getting around to it.
The last couple of weeks, I've made allusions to the "Bat Signal" (or, as I called it, the "Cancer Signal," although that's a horrible name and I need to think of a better one). Basically, when Bat Cancer Signal goes up (hey, I like that one better, but do bats get cancer?), it means that a study or story has hit the press that demands my attention.
High incidence of lung cancer paired with stable lung cancer-related mortality rates when low-dose CT screening was introduced suggests overdiagnosis, specifically in women, according to study results published in CHEST.2011 marked the start of China’s implementation of low-dose CT (LDCT) screening in employee health examinations, according to researchers.
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Overdiagnosis refers to the diagnosis of a medical condition that would not have produced any symptoms or problems if left undiagnosed. This article discusses overdiagnosis and why it could have negative effects in healthcare.