This guideline is based on a comprehensive review of the literature on pulmonary nodules
and expert opinion. Although the management pathway for the majority of nodules detected …

Screening tests are widely used in medicine to assess the likelihood that members of a
defined population have a particular disease. This article presents an overview of such tests …

Background Low-dose chest CT screening for lung cancer has become a standard of care in
the United States in the past few years, in large part due to the results of the National Lung …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Findings from the National Cancer Institute's National
Lung Screening Trial established that lung cancer mortality in specific high‐risk groups can …

Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States.
Because early-stage lung cancer is associated with lower mortality than late-stage disease …

Background Lung cancer is by far the major cause of cancer deaths largely because in the
majority of patients it is at an advanced stage at the time it is discovered, when curative …

Context Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death. Most patients are diagnosed with
advanced disease, resulting in a very low 5-year survival. Screening may reduce the risk of …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer in the US and the world. The high
mortality rate (80–85% within 5 years) results, in part, from a lack of effective tools to …

Background Low-dose chest CT screening for lung cancer has become a standard of care in
the United States, in large part because of the results of the National Lung Screening Trial …

Rationale: Annual low-radiation-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for lung
cancer has been shown to reduce lung cancer mortality among high-risk individuals and is …