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Cost-effectiveness of Lung Cancer Screening with Low-Dose CT

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Modeling studies have shown that screening long-term smokers with low-dose CT costs about $81,000 per quality-adjusted life year gained, which is right at the common US willingness-to-pay threshold of $100,000–$150,000, making it borderline cost-effective for high-risk groups.

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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, but not every CT scan is worth the money. How do we decide whether screening is actually cost-effective?