Routine Screening for Lung Cancer?: Maybe Someday, but Not Yet

It may not be wise to screen high-risk patients for lung cancer. Many of these patients may consider a negative result as a green light to continue smoking. In addition, routine screening would make it difficult to conduct clinical trials to see if screening saves lives. More emphasis needs to be pl...

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Published in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2000-10, Vol.284 (15), p.1980-1983
Main Author:	Frame, Paul S
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Analysis Diagnosis Health risk assessment Humans Lung cancer Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology Lung Neoplasms - prevention & control Mass Screening - economics Mass Screening - methods Medical research Medical screening Mortality United States
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Summary:	It may not be wise to screen high-risk patients for lung cancer. Many of these patients may consider a negative result as a green light to continue smoking. In addition, routine screening would make it difficult to conduct clinical trials to see if screening saves lives. More emphasis needs to be placed on smoking cessation until research conclusively demonstrates that routine screening saves lives.
ISSN:	0098-7484 1538-3598