6 results match your criteria: "University of Queensland Thoracic Research Centre at The Prince Charles Hospital[Affiliation]"

Background: A national, lung cancer screening programme is under consideration in Australia, and we assessed cost-effectiveness using updated data and assumptions.

Methods: We estimated the cost-effectiveness of lung screening by applying screening parameters and outcomes from either the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) or the NEderlands-Leuvens Longkanker Screenings ONderzoek (NELSON) to Australian data on lung cancer risk, mortality, health-system costs, and smoking trends using a deterministic, multi-cohort model. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) were calculated for a lifetime horizon.

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Estimating the Cost-Effectiveness of Lung Cancer Screening with Low-Dose Computed Tomography for High-Risk Smokers in Australia.

J Thorac Oncol

August 2018

Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia; School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia.

Introduction: Health economic evaluations of lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) that are underpinned by clinical outcomes are relatively few.

Methods: We assessed the cost-effectiveness of LDCT lung screening in Australia by applying Australian cost and survival data to the outcomes observed in the U.S.

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