Comparing Benefits from Many Possible Computed Tomography Lung Cancer Screening Programs: Extrapolating from the National Lung Screening Trial Using Comparative Modeling
Figure 2
Exemplar model showing consensus programs.
Vertical axis normalized as in Figure 1. Consensus programs were the 120 (out of 576 evaluated, see Table 2) that five models ranked as most efficient. Only a single consenus strategy (the single orange +) had a stop age of 75. The remaining consensus strategies continued screening of individuals meeting the smoking eligibility criteria to ages 80 (aqua) or 85 (purple). Annual screening (triangles) provided greater benefits (i.e., averted more lung cancer deaths) than triennial (+) or biennial (squares). Results from one model shown; see Figure S8 in File S1 for results from all five models.