Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mulshine, James L
• Sullivan, Daniel C

Titel

Lung Cancer Screening

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 2005-06, Vol.352 (26), p.2714-2720

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Quelle

Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A 60-year-old woman who quit smoking 20 years earlier comes for a routine visit. She previously smoked one pack of cigarettes a day for 10 years. Her medical history is otherwise unremarkable. Her husband smoked one pack of cigarettes per day for at least 30 years but stopped smoking a decade ago. She asks whether she and her husband should undergo computed tomographic scanning to screen for lung cancer. What do you advise? A 60-year-old woman who quit smoking 20 years ago previously smoked one pack of cigarettes a day for 10 years. Should she undergo computed tomographic scanning to screen for lung cancer? What do you advise? Foreword This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they exist. The article ends with the authors' clinical recommendations. Stage A 60-year-old woman who quit smoking 20 years earlier comes for a routine visit. She previously smoked one pack of cigarettes a day for 10 years. Her medical history is otherwise unremarkable. She feels well and exercises regularly. Her husband smoked one pack of cigarettes per day for at least 30 years but stopped smoking a decade ago. She asks whether she and her husband should undergo computed tomographic (CT) scanning to screen for lung cancer. What do you advise? The Clinical Problem With a projection of more than 160,000 deaths from lung cancer this year, the disease now . . .