{"id":4328,"date":"2021-08-22T13:55:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T13:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saince.com\/?p=4328"},"modified":"2023-10-27T07:01:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T11:01:38","slug":"why-radiologists-should-consider-earlier-follow-up-imaging-for-lung-rads-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saince.com\/blog\/why-radiologists-should-consider-earlier-follow-up-imaging-for-lung-rads-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Why radiologists should consider earlier follow-up imaging for Lung-RADS cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New evidence out of Stanford suggests providers may want to consider ordering follow-up CTs for probably benign nodules earlier than is currently suggested. Doing so reduced mortality rates and prevented more deaths, among other health benefits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utilizing five month follow-up for Lung-RADS 3 reduced mortality by 0.08% in men and 0.05% among women. Earlier care also averted deaths (36 male vs. 27 female), yielded more screen-detected cases (13 vs. 7, respectively) and lowered the number of combined low-dose CTs per 1 million people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further comparative cost-effectiveness analysis using trial data or simulated population are required to evaluate the impact of alternative diagnostic follow-up on cost-effectiveness analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more : <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.healthimaging.com\/topics\/oncology\/radiologists-lung-rads-early-follow-imaging<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New evidence out of Stanford suggests providers may want to consider ordering follow-up CTs for probably benign nodules earlier than is currently suggested. 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