Screening for Lung Cancer With Low‐Dose Computed Tomography

Computed tomography screening for lung cancer.

The development of CT technology reopened the lung cancer screening debate. Computed tomography screening for lung cancer certainly meets all the criteria required for an appropriate screening test. First and perhaps most importantly, the disease for which the screening is being performed should have a significant prevalence in the population being studied and be a significant health risk for t...

[Computed tomography in screening for lung cancer].

Technology and target group: Approximately 2 800 new cases of cancer in the lungs and respiratory tract are diagnosed annually in Sweden. By the time it is diagnosed, the cancer has usually spread in the body, and the 5-year survival rate following diagnosis is approximately 10 percent. If cancer could be detected at an early stage, the hypothesis is that it would substantially improve the prog...

Screening for lung cancer with low-dose spiral computed tomography.

Studies suggest that screening with spiral computed tomography can detect lung cancers at a smaller size and earlier stage than chest radiography can. To evaluate low-radiation-dose spiral computed tomography and sputum cytology in screening for lung cancer, we enrolled 1,520 individuals aged 50 yr or older who had smoked 20 pack-years or more in a prospective cohort study. One year after basel...

Screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography.

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, early detection and treatment may be beneficial. PURPOSE To update the 2004 review of screening for lung cancer for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, focusing on screening with low-dose computed tomography ...

Lung Cancer Screening by Helical Computed Tomography