Full Description
In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. DuyKhanh P. Ceppa and Kei Suzuki bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Access to Lung Screening. Lung cancer screening rates remain significantly lower compared to other well established cancer screening rates, and remain at a low 5.8% of the eligible population. In this issue, top experts discuss pertinent topics such as a review of the data supporting screening for lung cancer, building a screening program, increasing screening rates in eligible populations, and how to better target the high-risk population.
Contains 11 relevant, practice-oriented topics including update on lung cancer screening guidelines; building a lung cancer screening program; patient barriers to lung cancer screening; access to lung cancer screening; clinical adjuncts to lung cancer screening; and more.
Provides in-depth clinical reviews on access to lung screening, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Contents
Historical Perspective on Lung Cancer Screening
Update on Lung Cancer Screening Guideline
Building a Lung Cancer Screening Program
Barriers to Lung Cancer Screening Access from the Perspective of the Patient and Current Interventions
Access to Lung Cancer Screening
Advancing Health Equity in Lung Cancer Screening and the Role of Humanomics
Lung Cancer Screening: The European Perspective
Asian Perspective on Lung Cancer Screening
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Lung Cancer Screening
Liquid Biopsy as an Adjunct to Lung Screening Imaging
Clinical Adjuncts to Lung Cancer Screening: A Narrative Review
