Lung surgeries not overused: ministryStaff writer, with CNALobectomy numbers have not risen significantly, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said on Wednesday in response to reports that the government’s lung cancer screening program has led to overdiagnosis. Types of lung resection surgeries include lobectomy, segmentectomy and wedge resection. LDCT screening has been promoted for three years, but the number of surgeries has not shown a significant deviation, Chen said. For hospitals seeing a higher volume of surgeries where the final diagnosis turns out not to be lung cancer, Chen added that the NHIA has stepped in to help review and guide their surgical practices. In the future, the NHIA would compare data with the HPA to better track the subsequent treatment of people who test positive in LDCT screening, Chen said.

Source: Taipei Times March 21, 2026 17:14 UTC