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Volume 360:2699-2701 June 25, 2009 Number 26
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CMS's Landmark Decision on CT Colonography — Examining the Relevant Data
Sanket S. Dhruva, M.D., Steve E. Phurrough, M.D., M.P.A., Marcel E. Salive, M.D., M.P.H., and Rita F. Redberg, M.D., M.Sc.

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In an unprecedented endorsement of evidence-based medicine, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently decided to deny coverage of computed tomographic (CT) colonography for cancer screening, concluding that "the evidence is inadequate."1 The CMS emphasized that the "pivotal, overarching concern" in its decision was the fact that the findings of trials showing a benefit of screening with this method were not necessarily generalizable from the study populations to other groups of patients. In particular, the CMS noted that the mean age of participants in the studies that were cited in support of coverage was significantly lower than that . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Dr. Dhruva is a resident, and Dr. Redberg a professor of medicine, at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco. Dr. Phurrough is a medical officer at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. Dr. Salive is the director of the Division of Medical and Surgical Services at the CMS, Baltimore.

This article (10.1056/NEJMp0904408) was published on May 27, 2009, at NEJM.org.


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