Selection Criteria for Lung-Cancer Screening

[Screening for lung cancer].

The authors give an overview about the novel results and shifting paradigm of lung cancer screening. They also summarize the results of previous and most recent clinical trials, which re-directed the international interest on lung cancer screening.

Screening for lung cancer.

Screening for lung cancer.

Lung cancer is the most common type of cancer and cause of cancer-related death. The majority of lung cancers do not present in the early stage of disease; therefore, screening may be warranted. Detection methods include sputum examinations, chest radiography, and CT scanning of the chest. Nurses are often involved in the care of patients with lung cancer, so they must know which screening meth...

Screening for Lung Cancer

3.4.1. For smokers and former smokers who are age 55 to 74 and who have smoked for Background: Lung cancer is by far the major cause of cancer deaths largely because in the majority of patients it is at an advanced stage at the time it is discovered, when curative treatment is no longer feasible. This article examines the data regarding the ability of screening to decrease the number of lung ca...

Screening for Lung Cancer

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths in the United States. The estimated number of lung cancer deaths in 2012 was higher than the total combined number of deaths from breast, prostate and colon cancer. In 2012, according to the published data from the American Cancer Society, a total of 226,160 new cases of lung cancer had been diagnosed with a total death of 160,340 second...