Lung cancer screening is underutilized, especially in rural areas where lung cancer mortality is high. Approximately 11.2% of the U.S. population over age 50 years meet the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (
Conclusion Psychosocial responses to LCS are diverse, complex and uniquely influenced by smoking-based eligibility criteria and lung cancer fatalism. Similarities in perspectives across an international sample of multidisciplinary healthcare professionals suggest the potential for best-practice guidelines for ...
"This updated guideline continues a trend of expanding eligibility for lung cancer screening in a way that will result in many more deaths prevented by expanding the eligibility criteria for screening to detect lung cancer early," Dr. Robert Smith, senior vice president of early cancer detection ...
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has expanded the criteria for lung cancer screening. The updated final recommendations have lowered the age at which screening starts from 55 to 50 years and have reduced the criterion regarding smoking history from 30 to 20 pack-years. "This is g...
and ParticipantsThis cross-sectional study used data from the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) population-based, nationwide, state-representative survey for respondents aged 50 to 79 years who were eligible for LCS according to the 2021 USPSTF eligibility ...
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This combined USPSTF and CMS action would enable the medical community to strike a blow against the nation’s leading cancer killer by using LCS screening to its full advantage. Screening eligibility expansion should spur more providers to start conversations with eligible patients that can ease lung...
lung cancer screenings for high-risk populations. However, there is still a long road ahead. Currently, only about 50% of individuals diagnosed with lung cancer meet the screening eligibility criteria. These guidelines do not fully account for a multitude of factors, known and unknown, that can...
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