Importance Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the US. Objective To
review the evidence on screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States and
worldwide. Early detection of lung cancer is an important opportunity for decreasing …

The NCCN Guidelines for Lung Cancer Screening recommend criteria for selecting
individuals for screening and provide recommendations for evaluation and follow-up of lung …

This guideline is based on a comprehensive review of the literature on pulmonary nodules
and expert opinion. Although the management pathway for the majority of nodules detected …

Background Low-dose chest CT screening for lung cancer has become a standard of care in
the United States in the past few years, in large part due to the results of the National Lung …

Rationale: Screening for lung cancer with low-dose spiral computed tomography (LDCT)
has been shown to reduce lung cancer mortality by 20% compared with screening with …

Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States.
Because early-stage lung cancer is associated with lower mortality than late-stage disease …

Context Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death. Most patients are diagnosed with
advanced disease, resulting in a very low 5-year survival. Screening may reduce the risk of …

Background Lung cancer is by far the major cause of cancer deaths largely because in the
majority of patients it is at an advanced stage at the time it is discovered, when curative …

Background The use of multidetector computed tomography (CT) in lung-cancer screening
trials involving subjects with an increased risk of lung cancer has highlighted the problem for …