Iakovos Toumazis: Lung cancer screening programs with adaptive screening frequency warrant further consideration

Iakovos Toumazis, Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Services Research, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, shared on X:

“In this new study published in eClinicalMedicine, we showed that lung cancer screening programs with adaptive screening frequency warrant further consideration, especially in settings with limited resources.

Benchmarking lung cancer screening programmes with adaptive screening frequency against the optimal screening schedules derived from the ENGAGE framework: a comparative microsimulation study

Autors: Mehdi Hemmati, Sayaka Ishizawa, Rafael Meza, Edwin Ostrin, Samir M. Hanash, Mara Antonoff, Andrew J. Schaefer, Martin C. Tammemägi, Iakovos Toumazis.

This study was led by Mehdi Hemmati, in collaboration with Sayaka Ishizawa, Rafael Meza, Martin Tammemagi, Sam Hanash, Andrew Schaefer, Mara Antonoff, and Edwin Ostrin. Strategies were benchmarked against the ENGAGE framework and ranked in terms of their effectiveness and efficiency.”

Source: Iakovos Toumazis/X