Lung cancer screening in never-smokers: facts and remaining issues. Issue 5 (12th November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Infante, Maurizio V.; Cardillo, Giuseppe
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 56:Issue 5(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-11-12
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02949-2020
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

Abstract

The final publication of the NELSON trial data [1 ] has corroborated the findings of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) confirming the ability of lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) to detect lung cancer at an early stage and significantly reduce lung cancer mortality in high-risk groups [2 ]. A similar probability of unwanted harm is to be expected in both ever- and never-smokers undergoing CT screening, together with a slightly lower lung cancer detection rate in the latter https://bit.ly/3izc1ZW