Screening for Lung Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

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Lung cancer is the second most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in the US. In 2020, an estimated 228 820 persons were diagnosed with lung cancer, and 135 720 persons died of the disease. The most important risk factor for lung cancer is smoking. Increasing age is also a risk factor for lung cancer. Lung cancer has a generally poor prognosis, with an overall 5-year survival rate of 20.5%. However, early-stage lung cancer has a better prognosis and is more amenable to treatment.

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Title: JAMA

Abbreviated Title: JAMA

Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)

ISSN (Print): 0098-7484

Publication date Created: March 09 2021

Publication date (Print): March 09 2021

Volume: 325

Issue: 10

Page: 962

Affiliations

[1 ]Fairfax Family Practice Residency, Fairfax, Virginia

[2 ]Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

[3 ]Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York

[4 ]University of California, Los Angeles

[5 ]Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

[6 ]University of California, San Francisco

[7 ]Oregon Health & Science University, Portland

[8 ]University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

[9 ]University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

[10 ]Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

[11 ]George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

[12 ]University of Alabama at Birmingham

[13 ]University of Virginia, Charlottesville

[14 ]New York University, New York

[15 ]Stanford University, Stanford, California

[16 ]University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester

[17 ]Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

[18 ]University of Missouri, Columbia

[19 ]University of Hawaii, Honolulu

[20 ]Pacific Health Research and Education Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii

[21 ]Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

Article

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.1117

PubMed ID: 33687470

SO-VID: 67a426cc-6270-494e-8922-f6c98570eca5

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