Incorporating gender differences in lung cancer screening

Principal Investigator

Name
Kevin ten Haaf

Degrees
Ph.D

Institution
Erasmus MC

Position Title
Assistant Professor

Email
k.tenhaaf@erasmusmc.nl

About this CDAS Project

Study
NLST (Learn more about this study)

Project ID
NLST-480

Initial CDAS Request Approval
Feb 4, 2019

Title
Incorporating gender differences in lung cancer screening

Summary
Previous findings from NLST data, as well as the recent NELSON findings indicate that gender differences may exist in lung cancer screening. We aim to use NLST data to update the MISCAN-Lung model to better incorporate gender differences.

Aims

To update the MISCAN-Lung model to better incorporate gender differences in lung cancer screening.

Collaborators

Harry J. de Koning