“Also needed are institutional and societal efforts to address LCS capacity, including screening infrastructure investments and quality benchmarking," experts wrote in JAMA Internal Medicine. 

To fine-tune triage, scientists have created a clinical prediction rule, incorporating it into an algorithm to guide ED providers considering CT or X-ray. 

New York-based vendor Cleerly recently petitioned CMS to pay for its primary CT software, which assesses scans for signs of coronary artery disease. 

Although CT lung cancer screening is known to improve detection rates and health outcomes, compliance among eligible patients remains lackluster.

The demographic most at risk seems to be White women who are healthy, active and of high socioeconomic status.

Researchers believe their analysis offers some of first evidence highlighting connections between racism and the decision to receive low-dose CT. 

The funding will go toward the Strategies to Reduce the Onset of Sleeve Gastrectomy Associated Bone Loss (STRONG BONES) trial.

Using the latest version was associated with improved diagnostic accuracy, researchers wrote in a new analysis.