Addressing low lung cancer screening rates through awareness and access

Addressing low lung cancer screening rates through awareness and access

Lung cancer screening has the potential to catch lung cancer early and save lives-but only if people get screened. Although lung cancer screening is recommended in the U.S. for certain individuals with a history of smoking, only 18% of eligible individuals in the U.S. get screened.

Lung Cancer Screening Rates Nearly 4 Times Lower Than Breast, Colon Cancers

(MedPage Today) -- Americans eligible for lung cancer screening are about four times less likely to undergo screening for the disease than for breast cancer or colorectal cancer (CRC), an analysis of CDC survey data found. Population-weighted...

Rates of breast and colorectal cancer screening nearly four-fold higher than lung cancer screening among those eligible

Lung cancer screening has the potential to catch lung cancer early and save lives -- but only if people get screened. Although lung cancer screening is recommended in the U.S. for certain individuals with a history of smoking, only 18% of eligible individuals in the U.S. get screened. One suggested explanation has been that those eligible are resistant to receiving preventive healthcare, but a new study indicates otherwise.

The president of the Portuguese Lung Foundation today called for progress in screening for lung cancer, which has not yet started, and for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a “major cause” of hospitalization and mortality that continues to be underdiagnosed. Speaking to Lusa about the 2024 report by the National Observatory of Respiratory Diseases (ONDR), a […]

Can use of other cancer screening tests boost uptake of LCS?

Could the use of preventive health tests such as breast and colorectal cancer screening boost uptake of lung cancer screening (LCS) with low-dose CT?