Use of Diagnostic CT and Patient Retention in a Lung Cancer Screening Program

The aims of this study were to assess the rate of subsequent diagnostic chest CT examinations in a lung cancer screening (LCS) program and examine the effect on retention of patients in the program.Patients who underwent LCS CT between June 2011 and August 2018 were included. The occurrence of patients' being subsequently imaged with diagnostic CT versus LCS CT and the effect this had on patients' returning for LCS CT (patient retention) were...