Targeting of Low-Dose CT Screening According to the Risk of Lung-Cancer Death
The 60% of patients at highest risk for lung cancer in the National Lung Screening Trial accounted for 88% of the lung-cancer deaths prevented by low-dose CT screening. The use of risk assessment can improve the yield from low-dose CT screening for lung cancer. Lung cancer is the most common cause o...
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| Vydáno v: | The New England journal of medicine Ročník 369; číslo 3; s. 245 - 254 |
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| Hlavní autoři: | , , , , , , , , |
| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Waltham, MA
Massachusetts Medical Society
18.07.2013
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| ISSN: | 0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406 |
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| Shrnutí: | The 60% of patients at highest risk for lung cancer in the National Lung Screening Trial accounted for 88% of the lung-cancer deaths prevented by low-dose CT screening. The use of risk assessment can improve the yield from low-dose CT screening for lung cancer.
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death in the United States, accounting for 28% and 26% of all cancer deaths among men and women, respectively.
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Recent results from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), which showed a 20% reduction in lung-cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening, as compared with chest radiography, highlighted the opportunity to reduce the burden of death from lung cancer.
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With 94 million current and former smokers in the United States,
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deciding which smokers to target for low-dose CT screening remains an important public health challenge, given the potential costs and harms . . . |
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| ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 1533-4406 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/NEJMoa1301851 |