SMOKING HISTORY AND ELIGIBILITY FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENING: HOW CLOSE IS CLOSE ENOUGH?VolkRobert J
Currently, the Ministry of Health in Singapore recommends individualized, annual low-dose CT lung cancer scans only for high-risk populations: People between 55 to 74 years old who are current smokers or have a smoking history. But in just more than a decade, NSCLC rates among people who hav...
"The USPSTF recommends annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) in adults aged 50 to 80 years who have a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years," the USPSTF's website states. ...
"The researchers reviewed 4,078 CT scans of participants in theCOPDGene trial who met criteria for lung cancer screening (55-80 years old, 30+ pack-year smoking history). They looked for evidence of coronary artery calcification, a measure of cardiovascular disease, emphysema and osteoporosis, tw...
The National Lung Screening Trial: results stratified by demographics, smoking history, and lung cancer histology. Cancer. 2013;119(22):3976-3983. doi:10.1002/cncr.28326PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 11. de Koning HJ, van der Aalst CM, de Jong PA, et al. Reduced lung-cancer...
People at high risk of lung cancer are aged 55 years to 74 years, have at least a 30-pack-year smoking history, and are currently smokers or have quit within the past 15 years. In the NLST, CT screening had a high false-positive rate and used ionizing radiation. A false-positive resu...
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines recommend annual lung cancer screening for anyone 50 to 80 years old with a heavy smoking history, currently smokes or has quit within the past 15 years. Other risks are a family history of lung cancer or radon exposure. ...
Lung cancer screening and smoking abstinence: 2 year follow-up data from the Dutch-Belgian randomised controlled lung cancer screening trial. Thorax 2010;65(7):600-5.van der Aalst CM, van den Bergh KA, Willemsen MC, de Koning HJ, van Klaveren RJ (2010) Lung cancer screening and smoking ...
and a family history of lung cancer. The mosteffective way to lower your risk of developing lung canceris to stop smoking. However, there is noway to know whether you’lldevelop the disease unless you undergo regular screening. There are two types of screenings: low-dose computed tomography ...
Even individuals who have quit are at high risk for lung cancer and should get screened. While screening is primarily recommended for those who quit within the past 15 years, the American Cancer Society recently expanded its guidelines to encourage screening for people with a smoking history outlin...