Drs Jacob Sands and Shawn Regis discuss the risks and benefits of lung cancer screening.

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Resources

National Lung Screening Trial https://www.cancer.gov/types/lung/research/nlst

Lung Cancer: Screening, 1996 https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lung-cancer-screening-1996

NELSON Lung Cancer Screening Study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3266562/

Early Lung Cancer Detection in High Risk Individuals (MILD) https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02837809

Screening for Lung Cancer With Low-Dose Computed Tomography: An Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK568573/

Appendix A Table 5. Recommendations for Lung Cancer Screening With LDCT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK568579/table/appa.tab5/?report=objectonly

ALA Press Release https://www.lung.org/media/press-releases/new-sbts-psa-1

Lung CT Screening Reporting & Data System (Lung-RADS) https://www.acr.org/Clinical-Resources/Reporting-and-Data-Systems/Lung-Rads

Outcomes of Positive and Suspicious Findings in Clinical CT Lung Cancer Screening and the Road Ahead https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34818144/

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Lung Screening Benefits and Challenges: A Review of The Data and Outline for Implementation https://www.jto.org/article/S1556-0864(20)30993-X/fulltext

American Thoracic Society and American Lung Association Implementation Guide for Lung Cancer Screening https://www.lungcancerscreeningguide.org/

Rescue Lung Society https://rescuelung.org/

Lung Cancer Screening Resources https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/lung-cancer/saved-by-the-scan/resources

Go2 Foundation for Lung Cancer https://go2foundation.org/