Lung Cancer Screening

• Published in: Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine Vol. 43; no. 6; p. 839
• Main Authors: Lee, Elizabeth, Kazerooni, Ella A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Early Detection of Cancer; Humans; Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology; Sputum

Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in the United States and globally with the majority of lung cancer cases attributable to cigarette smoking. Given the high societal and personal cost of a diagnosis of lung cancer including that most cases of lung cancer when diagnosed are found at a la...