Selection Criteria for Lung-Cancer Screening
Low-dose CT scanning reduces lung-cancer mortality. Further improvements are possible if the screened population includes a larger proportion of high-risk persons. The authors added features to the criteria for screening that improved sensitivity and positive predictive value. The National Lung Scre...
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| Vydáno v: | The New England journal of medicine Ročník 368; číslo 8; s. 728 - 736 |
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| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Waltham, MA
Massachusetts Medical Society
21.02.2013
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| ISSN: | 0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406 |
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| Shrnutí: | Low-dose CT scanning reduces lung-cancer mortality. Further improvements are possible if the screened population includes a larger proportion of high-risk persons. The authors added features to the criteria for screening that improved sensitivity and positive predictive value.
The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) showed that lung-cancer screening with the use of low-dose computed tomography (CT) resulted in a 20% reduction in mortality from lung cancer.
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Some organizations now recommend adoption of lung-cancer screening in clinical practice for high-risk persons if high-quality imaging, diagnostic methods, and treatment are available.
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Most of these recommendations identify persons to be screened by applying the NLST criteria, which include an age between 55 and 74 years, a history of smoking of at least 30 pack-years, a period of less than 15 years since cessation of smoking, or some variant of these . . . |
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| ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 1533-4406 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/NEJMoa1211776 |