Study determines costs and benefits of annual screening for heavy smokers aged 55 and above

14 May 2019, by Andrea Bükow

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Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths, with smoking considered as risk factor number one. Florian Hofer and Prof. Dr. Tom Stargardt from Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE) in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Kauczor from Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg simulated the costs and benefits of the introduction of an early lung cancer screening programm in Germany. The result: If only the heavy smokers (>20 cigarettes per day over a period of 10 years) between 55 and 75 years are taken into account, the costs per life year gained are € 19,302 or more specifically € 30,291 per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained.

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