Souliotis Kyriakos, Golna Christina, Golnas Pavlos, Markakis Ioannis-Anestis, Linardou Helena, Sifaki-Pistolla Dimitra & Hatziandreou Evi Background: Lung cancer causes a substantial epidemiological burden in Greece. Yet, no formal national lung cancer screening program has been introduced to date. This study modeled the impact on lung cancer life years (LCLY) of a hypothetical scenario of comprehensive screening for lung cancer with…
Kyriakos Souliotis, Chara Kani, Androniki Marioli, Aggeliki Kamboukou, Aikaterini Prinou, Konstantinos Syrigos, Sophia Markantonis Introduction: Lung cancer exerts a significant societal and health-care-related economic burden and chemotherapy drugs constitute a major factor of total direct cost. The aim of the present study was to assess the direct health-care cost of lung cancer in Greece by conducting a retrospective analysis on…