Limiting lung cancer screening to high-risk former smokers may improve cost-effectiveness at a population level, according to a study published inPLOS Medicine. Regular computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening of current and former smokers is currently recommended in the US and is being consid...
CTLung cancerScreeningSmokingLung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women. Smoking is the single greatest risk factor for the development of lung cancer. For patients between the age of 55 and 80 with 30 or more pack years smoking history who currently smoke or...
Assessment of selection criteria for low-dose lung screening CT among Asian ethnic groups in Taiwan: from mass screening to specific risk-based screening for non-smoker lung cancer [published online ahead of print March 30, 2016]. Clin Lung Cancer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cllc.2016.03....
Evidence from observational studies indicates that lung cancer screening (LCS) guidelines with high rates of lung cancer (LC) underdiagnosis, and although current screening guidelines have been updated and eligibility criteria for screening have been expanded, there are no studies comparing the efficiency...
Low-dose chest CT for lung cancer screening in patients with history of mediastinal irradiation and/or alkylating chemotherapy exposures and a smoking history can be considered, although data on its utility is lacking. Cardiac screening with echocardiogram and exercise tolerance tests in patients with ...
Randomized clinical trial eligibility rates for chemotherapy (CT) and antiangiogenic therapy (AAT) in a population-based cohort of newly diagnosed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. J. Clin. Oncol. 27, 6538 (2009). Article Google Scholar Huang, G. D. et al. Clinical trials ...
CHEST CT SHOULD REPLACE CHEST X-RAYS TO EVALUATE FOR THORACIC RENAL CELL CARCINOMA METASTASES Lung cancer screening trials have demonstrated that patients screened with chest computed tomography (CT) scans had more tumors identified and a reduced th... A Das,J Kanne,D Shapiro,... - 《Urologic...
This has enabled the selection of cell lines with specific genetic alterations representing valuable drug screening tools, particularly for targeted therapy. Most cell lines were established before the release of the latest WHO guidelines on the classification of tumours of the digestive sys- tem134, ...
1098.thelancet/oncologyVol20August2019 Articles 5-yearoverallsurvivalinpatientswithlungcancereligibleor ineligibleforscreeningaccordingtoUSPreventiveServices TaskForcecriteria:aprospective,observationalcohortstudy Yung-HungLuo*,LeiLuo*,JasonAWampfer,YiWang,DanLiu,Yuh-MinChen,AlexAAdjei,DavidEMidthun,PingYang Summary...
Based on the results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), which showed a 20% reduction in lung cancer mortality from screening of high-risk individuals by use of low-dose CT,4 the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for lung cancer in individuals aged 55...