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Lung Cancer Screening
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Edition:
- 1st Ed.
- Author:
- Parker, Mark S.; Groves, Robert C.; Kusmirek, Joanna E.; Gharai, Leila Rezai; Shojaee, Samira
- Publisher:
- Thieme Medical Publishers
- ISBN:
- 978-1-62-623513-7
- Doody's Star Rating®:
- Score:
- 75
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among men and women in the U.S. and worldwide. For many decades, lung cancer was the sole cancer among the deadly four without an evidence-based screening method for decreasing mortality. This changed in November 2011, when findings from the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial showed low-dose lung CT screening was more efficacious in reducing deaths in high-risk individuals than conventional radiography. As such, an ever-increasing number of health organizations now recommend this screening protocol.
Lung Cancer Screening by Mark Parker and esteemed VCU Health colleagues, fulfills the dire need for a comprehensive guide explaining the crucial aspects of lung cancer screenings. The first two chapters lay a foundation with discussion of lung cancer epidemiology and risk factors beyond cigarette smoking. Subsequent chapters cover the fundamentals, with clinical pearls on setting up a successful lung cancer screening program, patient eligibility criteria, imaging variances of tumors in the lungs, screening pros and cons, and interpreting/reporting screening results.
- The evolution and future of lung cancer screenings
- Detection and management of unexpected incidental pulmonary and non-pulmonary findings
- Discussion of test cases utilizing the Lung-RADSTM risk-stratifying system for low-dose chest CT screenings
- Benefits and potential harms associated with mass lung cancer screening programs including false positive, false negative, and over-diagnosis rates
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Thieme Medical Publishers
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Parker, Mark S.; Groves, Robert C.; Kusmirek, Joanna E.; Gharai, Leila Rezai; Shojaee, Samira
- ISBN:
- 978-1-62-623513-7
- Specialty:
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- Internal Medicine
- Oncology
- Otolaryngology
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st Ed.
- Pages:
- 120
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Doody's Star Rating®:
- Score:
- 75