Expanding LDCT eligibility guidelines would increase number of women and blacks who benefit from screening ... USPSTF 2021 (50-80 years, ≥20 pack-years of smoking, ...

The USPSTF has finalized its recommendations for CT lung cancer screening, ... Harms have been associated with LDCT screening, including false-negative and false-positive results, ...

"The USPSTF recommends annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) in adults aged 50 to 80 years who have a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have ...

The newly updated USPSTF lung cancer screening guidelines recommend annual low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for individuals, age 50 to 80, who have a history of smoking 20 packs a ...

The move rings alarm bells as it mirrors Kennedy's actions prior to firing all 17 members of another federal advisory panel ...

The most recent guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent advisory panel, recommend annual lung cancer screening with a low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scan.

Recently, recommendations made by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) stated that eligibility to have low-dose CT (LDCT) lung cancer screening required a cigarette smoking ...

The new 2020 USPSTF guideline lowered the initial screening age from 55 to 50 years and the cumulative smoking intake requirement from 30 pack-years to 20 pack-years. 9 After this change, ... We ...

There are conflicting recommendations about further inclusion or exclusion criteria once the patient cohort has been determined to be eligible for LDCT on the basis of age and quantitative smoking ...

More people will have access to potentially life-saving lung cancer screening exams with the introduction of new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that reduce both ...

In an effort to reduce lung cancer deaths across the country, the American Cancer Society has updated its lung cancer screening guidelines. The update comes Wednesday, Nov. 1, the start of Lung ...