Screening leads to detection of asymptomatic, prevalent lung cancers, and benign pulmonary nodules. The proportion of screening examinations with positive results (both false positive [benign] and true positive [cancer]) varies with the age of the cohort, the number of screens, and the definition ...
(NCDB) between 2004 and 2016. From the NCDB, we identified patients whose treatment code was ablation (including PDT). From Medicare and Medicaid data between 2000 and 2013, we identified NSCLC patients receiving PDT and used these to confirm PDT treatment. We assessed the association between ...