Investigators evaluated the proportion, clinical characteristics, and survival of patients with lung cancer who met or were excluded from USPSTF criteria and used institutional and published data to ...

Alternative criteria for lung cancer screening identified high-benefit groups who were not covered by U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) criteria, according to results based on model ...

Thirty-year smoking duration-based criteria could reduce eligibility gaps for all races relative to whites, while improving ...

Associations were seen for lack of health insurance coverage, being a rural resident, and not having a clinician with decreased odds of screening. HealthDay News — Increased lung cancer screening ...

In this prospective cohort study, duration-based criteria reduced racial disparities in lung cancer screening eligibility, increasing access for minority groups compared with current US guidelines. 2.

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A new study suggests that using a 30-year smoking history as the main rule for lung cancer screening could help reduce racial ...

Dropping pack-years for lung cancer screening eligibility in favor of a simpler 20-year history of smoking could substantially increase the number of cancers detected and eliminate racial disparities ...

When the American Cancer Society recently unveiled changes to its lung cancer screening guidance, the aim was to remove barriers to screening and catch more cancers in high-risk people earlier.

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"The updated guidelines substantially increased lung cancer screenings overall, even as cancer screenings declined during the COVID-19 pandemic," said Tracy E. Crane, Ph.D., R.D.N., associate ...