CT screening for lung cancer: Importance of emphysema for never smokers and smokers. Issue 1 (April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Henschke, Claudia I.; Yip, Rowena; Boffetta, Paolo; Markowitz, Steven; Miller, Albert; Hanaoka, Takaomi; Wu, Ning; Zulueta, Javier J.; Yankelevitz, David F.; for the I-ELCAP Investigators, 1
• Is Part Of: Lung cancer. Volume 88:Issue 1(2015:Apr.)
• Page Start: 42
• Page End: 47
• Publication Date: 2015-04
• Subjects: Lungs -- Cancer -- Periodicals; Lung Neoplasms -- Abstracts; Lung Neoplasms -- Periodicals; Poumons -- Cancer -- Périodiques; Lungs -- Cancer; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Electronic journals; 616.99424
• DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2015.01.014
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0169-5002

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Lung cancer prevalence increased when emphysema was identified on low-dose CT scan.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Never smokers with CT evidence of emphysema are at the same risk of lung cancer as a smoker.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Prevalence of lung cancer was similar among smokers and never smokers below age 50.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>