Clinical Impact: When to Schedule for the Upcoming Screening Exam?

[摘要] I was attending a local conference at Louisville, KY last October, andmade a poster presentation in the hall with a group of researchers. Onevisitor stopped by and asked me a question Dіer I introduced the topic(i.e., over diagnosis and long term outcomes in lung cancer screening).He asked what the clinical impact of your study was. НDt is, could thisresearch be translated directly into something that physicians reallycare about and are useful to them? Huh, that is a good question. Infact, translational research should have some impact in real life andNIH reviewers do evaluate clinical impact when they read and gradegrant applications. And that inspired me to work on this topic: when toschedule the next screening exams for asymptomatic people who justget a negative result.