Selection Criteria for Lung-Cancer Screening | Zendy

Martin C. Tammemägi | Zendy; Hormuzd A. Katki | Zendy; William G. Hocking | Zendy; Timothy R. Church | Zendy; Neil E. Caporaso | Zendy; Paul A. Kvale | Zendy; Anil K. Chaturvedi | Zendy; Gerard A. Silvestri | Zendy; Tom Riley | Zendy; John Commins | Zendy; Christine D. Berg | Zendy

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Selection Criteria for Lung-Cancer Screening

Author(s) -

Martin C. Tammemägi,

Hormuzd A. Katki,

William G. Hocking,

Timothy R. Church,

Neil E. Caporaso,

Paul A. Kvale,

Anil K. Chaturvedi,

Gerard A. Silvestri,

Tom Riley,

John Commins,

Christine D. Berg

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1211776

Subject(s) - medicine , national lung screening trial , lung cancer screening , lung cancer , selection (genetic algorithm) , cancer , lung , intensive care medicine , oncology , artificial intelligence , computer science

The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) used risk factors for lung cancer (e.g., ≥30 pack-years of smoking and <15 years since quitting) as selection criteria for lung-cancer screening. Use of an accurate model that incorporates additional risk factors to select persons for screening may identify more persons who have lung cancer or in whom lung cancer will develop.

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