Raising the Bar for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Authors: Harry J. de Koning, Rafael Meza, Sylvia K. Plevritis
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2014)

Letters7 October 2014Raising the Bar for the U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceHarry J. de Koning, MD, Rafael Meza, PhD, and Sylvia K. Plevritis, PhDHarry J. de Koning, MDFrom Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and NCI Stanford Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California., Rafael Meza, PhDFrom Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and NCI Stanford Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California., and Sylvia K. Plevritis, PhDFrom Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and NCI Stanford Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L14-5019-3 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We read Bach's editorial (1) with great interest. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation on lung cancer screening represents a major synthesis of trial evidence, model-based outcomes, and expert judgment to quantify the tradeoffs of computed tomography screening for the millions of persons at high risk for lung cancer (2, 3). However, Bach states that the Task Force could have been more cautious about relying on modeling for extrapolation well beyond the empirical data to fill in gaps in the evidence (1).Bach questions the net benefit of screening annually over many years. Does he mean ...References1. Bach PB. Raising the bar for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 2014;160:365-6. [PMID: 24379087] doi:10.7326/M13-2926 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Moyer VA; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.. Screening for lung cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2014;160:330-8. [PMID: 24378917] doi:10.7326/M13-2771 LinkGoogle Scholar3. de Koning HJ, Meza R, Plevritis SK, ten Haaf K, Munshi VN, Jeon J, et al. Benefits and harms of computed tomography lung cancer screening strategies: a comparative modeling study for the U. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med. 2014;160:311-20. [PMID: 24379002] doi:10.7326/M13-2316 LinkGoogle Scholar4. Heijnsdijk EA, Wever EM, Auvinen A, Hugosson J, Ciatto S, Nelen V, et al. Quality-of-life effects of prostate-specific antigen screening. N Engl J Med. 2012;367:595-605. [PMID: 22894572] doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1201637 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Meza R, ten Haaf K, Kong CY, Erdogan A, Black WC, Tammemagi MC, et al. Comparative analysis of 5 lung cancer natural history and screening models that reproduce outcomes of the NLST and PLCO trials. Cancer. 2014;120:1713-24. [PMID: 24577803] doi:10.1002/cncr.28623 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and NCI Stanford Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M13-2316. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoRaising the Bar for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Peter B. Bach Metrics Cited byIntergroupe francophone de cancérologie thoracique, Société de pneumologie de langue française, and Société d'imagerie thoracique statement paper on lung cancer screeningRecommandations de l'Intergroupe francophone de cancérologie thoracique, de la Société de pneumologie de langue française, et de la Société d'imagerie thoracique sur le dépistage du cancer bronchopulmonaire par tomodensitométrie à faible dose d'irradiation 7 October 2014Volume 161, Issue 7Page: 532-533KeywordsDisclosureExtrapolationFactor analysisLung and intrathoracic tumorsLung cancer screeningLungsPrevention, policy, and public healthSmoking habits ePublished: 7 October 2014 Issue Published: 7 October 2014 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2014 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...