COUNTERPOINT: Should Lung Cancer Screening Be Expanded to Persons Who Don’t Currently Meet Accepted Criteria Set Forth by the CHEST Guidelines on Lung Cancer Screening? No

[摘要] It is important to clarify the question being debated in this essay. Most stakeholder societies, including the American College of Chest Physicians, have recommended low-radiation dose chest CT (LDCT) screening for lung cancer in a high-risk cohort, defined by using age and smoking history. The recommendations are strongly influenced by the results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST).¹ They do not infer that only individuals within the eligible cohort can benefit from LDCT screening but that there is uncertainty about whether other cohorts would experience more harm than benefit from LDCT screening.

[学科分类] 呼吸医学