The US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation on Lung Cancer Screening.

Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Date

8-3-2021

Publication Title

JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association

Abstract

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)1 recently broadened its recommendation for annual screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) to include patients aged 50 to 80 years with 20 pack-year smoking histories but recommended discontinuation of screening “once a person has not smoked for 15 years or develops a health problem that substantially limits life expectancy or the ability or willingness to have curative lung surgery.”

Volume

326

Issue

5

First Page

440

Last Page

441

DOI

10.1001/jama.2021.8240

ISSN

1538-3598

PubMed ID

34342624

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