Lung mass screening
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American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Lung mass screening |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maria Fernanda Villarreal, M.D. [2]
Overview
According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) there is sufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for malignant lung masses. Screening for suspected lung cancer by low-dose computed tomography is recommended every year among smokers who are between 55 to 80 years old and who have history of smoke 30 pack-years or more and either continue to smoke or have quit within the past 15 years (grade B recommendation).[1][2][3]
Screening
Malignant Lung Mass
According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) there is sufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for malignant lung masses. Screening for suspected lung cancer by low-dose computed tomography is recommended every year among smokers who are between 55 to 80 years old and who have history of smoke 30 pack-years or more and either continue to smoke or have quit within the past 15 years (grade B recommendation).[1][2][3]
Benign Lung Mass
According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for benign lung masses.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lung Cancer: Screening http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/lung-cancer-screening. Accessed on February 3, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Davis AM, Cifu AS. Lung Cancer Screening. JAMA. 2014;312(12):1248-1249. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.12272.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 National Lung Screening Trial. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lung_Screening_Trial Accessed on February 4,2016