USA, August 6, 2013 - The United States Preventive Services Task Force has issued a draft recommendation supporting the use of lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) for persons at high risk of developing the disease due to age and a history of smoking. According to ...
目前仍在吸烟的(active smoker)或者戒烟不到15年的 筛查方法:每年低剂量胸部CT检查(Low-dose CT scan) 如何计算“包年”(pack-year)? 包年是一个流行病学的概念,主要把吸烟量化。计算也很简单,就是把每天吸烟的包数(每包20根)乘以吸烟的总年数。比如每天吸1包,吸了10年,那就是10包年;每天吸5根烟,吸了4...
35 Patz EF Jr, Greco E, Gatsonis C, Pinsky P, Kramer BS, Aberle DR. Lung cancer incidence and mortality in National Lung Screening Trial participants who underwent low-dose CT prevalence screening: a retrospective cohort an...
Extent of implementation of low-dose CT in lung cancer screening. e19177 Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States with only 15% alive 5 years after diagnosis. In 2013, USPSTF recommended annual screening for LDCT in high risk individuals. Studies had...
USPSTF recommends low-dose CT lung cancer screening for people at high riskingentaconnectGray Sheet
The recommendations concern annual check-ups for certain patients the use of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans. It discusses an article by USPSTF chair Virginia Moyer published in an issue of the periodical "Annals of Internal Medicine" wherein she talked about patient exceptions, preferred...
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Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), which reveals that high risk of lung cancer individuals should undergo annual screening with low-dose computed tomography (CT) scans.doi:10.1007/s40274-013-0598-9Springer International PublishingPharmacoeconomics & Outcomes News...