Screening for lung cancer: 2023 guideline update from the American Cancer Society
University of Virginia · Duke University · +14 more institutions
Abstract
Lung cancer is the leading cause of mortality and person-years of life lost from cancer among US men and women. Early detection has been shown to be associated with reduced lung cancer mortality. Our objective was to update the American Cancer Society (ACS) 2013 lung cancer screening (LCS) guideline for adults at high risk for lung cancer. The guideline is intended to provide guidance for screening to health care providers and their patients who are at high risk for lung cancer due to a history of smoking. The ACS Guideline Development Group (GDG) utilized a systematic review of the LCS literature commissioned for the US Preventive Services Task Force 2021 LCS recommendation update; a second systematic review…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 65.12
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- 100%
- References
- 122
Authors
15- AMAndrew M. D. Wolf
University of Virginia
- KCKevin C. Oeffinger
Duke University, Duke Medical Center, Duke Cancer Institute
- YTYa‐Chen Tina Shih
University of California, Los Angeles
- LCLouise C. Walter
San Francisco VA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco
- TRTimothy R. Church
University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Medical Center
Topics & keywords
- Lung cancer
- Medicine
- Guideline
- Lung cancer screening
- Cancer
- Cancer prevention
- Disease
- Preventive healthcare
- Good health and well-being