Journal article
Lung Cancer Screening: Adjuncts and Alternatives to Low-Dose CT Scans
Current surgery reports (Philadelphia, PA), Vol.1(4), pp.249-256
2013
DOI: 10.1007/s40137-013-0032-z
Abstract
Lung cancer (LC) is the leading cause of cancer related mortality in US. The National Lung Screening Trial has demonstrated a mortality benefit of using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) in the screening of LC in high-risk individuals. The US Preventive Service Task Force has given screening for LC with LDCT a grade B recommendation; however, it recognizes gaps in generalizability to the population that would qualify for screening. There are a number of new tests in various stages of evaluation and development that hold promise as adjuncts or alternatives to LDCT. The following is a review of these novel diagnostic tests.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Lung Cancer Screening: Adjuncts and Alternatives to Low-Dose CT Scans
- Creators
- Rolando Sanchez Sanchez - Medical University of South CarolinaNichole T. Tanner - Medical University of South CarolinaNasar A. Siddiqi - Medical University of South CarolinaGerard A. Silvestri - Medical University of South Carolina
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current surgery reports (Philadelphia, PA), Vol.1(4), pp.249-256
- Publisher
- Springer US
- DOI
- 10.1007/s40137-013-0032-z
- ISSN
- 2167-4817
- eISSN
- 2167-4817
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2013
- Academic Unit
- Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984363297502771
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