First experiences with HUNCHEST - low-dose CT lung cancer screening programme

Lung cancer is the cause of death of around 8000 Hungarians each year. International studies have proved that low-dose CT (LDCT) screening lowers the lung cancer mortality of high risk patients. The HUNCHEST pilot study launched in 2014 studies the possibilities of a lung cancer screening programme...

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Published inOrvosi hetilap Vol. 159; no. 43; p. 1741
Main Authors Kerpel-Fronius, Anna, Monostori, Zsuzsanna, Solymosi, Diana, Markóczy, Zsolt, Rojkó, Lívia, Kovács, Gábor
Format Journal Article
LanguageHungarian
Published Hungary 01.10.2018
Subjects
lung cancer
HUNCHEST
screening
tüdőrák
LDCT
szűrés
COPD
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Summary:Lung cancer is the cause of death of around 8000 Hungarians each year. International studies have proved that low-dose CT (LDCT) screening lowers the lung cancer mortality of high risk patients. The HUNCHEST pilot study launched in 2014 studies the possibilities of a lung cancer screening programme in Hungary. The study is also aimed at showing whether there is an increased number of detected lung cancer in the subgroup with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD and nonCOPD subjects, smokers and non-smokers are screened with low-dose CT in the 50-79 age group. The study is still undergoing recruitement, but in the light of the first results, the principles of the screening programme at the National Korányi Institute of Pulmonology are also presented. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(43): 1741-1746.
ISSN:0030-6002
DOI:10.1556/650.2018.31167