Allaying the fears of policymakers in the US who are worried that high rates of false positive results in computerized tomography (CT) lung screening for cancer may upset people, an analysis of National Lung Screening Trial participant responses to false positive diagnoses has found that there was no increased anxiety or lower quality of life among those who received false positive screening results compared to other participants.
"Most people anticipated that participants who were told that ...
Allaying the fears of policymakers in the US who are worried that high rates of false positive results in computerized tomography (CT) lung screening for cancer may upset people, an analysis of National Lung Screening Trial participant responses to false positive diagnoses has found that there was no increased anxiety or lower quality of life among those who received false positive screening results compared to other participants.
"Most people anticipated that participants who were told that ...