Medical experts report rising lung cancer diagnoses in non-smokers as smoking rates decline, raising questions about ...

The 2021 USPSTF lung cancer screening criteria were expanded to include adults 50 to 80 years of age who have a 20 pack-year smoking history and are current smokers or have quit in the last 15 ...

The researchers found that of the patients with lung cancer, 65, 68, and 49 percent were eligible for screening with the 2021 USPSTF criteria, the PLCOm2012 criteria, and the 2013 USPSTF criteria ...

Proposed changes in the eligibility criteria for lung cancer screening with low-dose CT could result in a near doubling of eligibility, and could especially benefit Black persons and women, say ...

Risk-based strategies for lung cancer screening were more cost-effective than screening based on age and smoking history as recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a recent study ...

MONDAY, March 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Increased lung cancer screening uptake was seen after the 2021 update to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines, which expanded ...

Comparison between the 2021 USPSTF lung cancer screening criteria and other lung cancer screening criteria for racial disparity in eligibility. JAMA Oncol . Published online January 13, 2022. doi ...

The update of the USPSTF recommendation expands the population eligible for lung cancer screening from an estimated 14.1% to 22.6%, according to an editorial that published in the journal JAMA ...

Doctor looking at lung scans. Research presented at CHEST 2021 examined how expanded USPSTF lung cancer screening criteria would affect minorities and women. The following article features ...

Lung cancer screening based on U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) criteria decreased from 2010 to 2015, and risk-targeted screening is associated with modest gains in terms of early lung ...

Risk-targeted low-dose CT testing is the most effective approach to reduce lung cancer mortality; however, gains in benefits, such as life-years saved, quality-adjusted life-years and cost ...