Screening for lung cancer
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Consequences of screening for lung cancer (NELSON)- Screening smokers for lung cancer with low-dose CT decreases lung cancer mortality
- Italian lung cancer screening findings consistent with US National Lung Screening Trial results (ITALUNG)
- Uncertain risks and benefits of CT screening for lung cancer
- High false-positive rate with lung cancer screening
- USPSTF recommends lung cancer screening for some smokers
- CT screening for lung cancer: more cancers detected, no mortality benefit (DANTE)
- Spiral CT detects early lung cancer, but screening use is premature
- Lung cancer screening may increase the likelihood of smoking cessation
- Lung cancer screening is cost effective, but only if done correctly
- Adherence to lung cancer screening is relatively poor after baseline scan
- Lower mortality with CT screening for lung cancer, but at very high cost
- Systematic review: lung cancer screening with CT decreases mortality but with significant harms
- Lung cancer is infrequently found via screening, but follow-up imaging is common
- Annual screening chest x-ray does not reduce lung cancer mortality
- Lung cancer screening requires additional imaging in 40% of patients in real world
- Low-dose CT screening of smokers decreases lung cancer deaths, but not overall mortality
- Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT does not affect smoking cessation rates
- Volume-based low-dose CT screening reduces lung cancer–specific mortality (NELSON)
- USPSTF 2021 recommends annual lung cancer screening based on shared decision-making in high-risk adults (B recommendation)
- After community lung cancer screening, rates of follow-up imaging are lower but the rates of some procedures are higher