Risk prediction models for lung cancer in people who have never smoked: a protocol of a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Although smoking is the primary cause of the cancer, lung cancer is also commonly diagnosed in people who have never smoked. Currently, the proportion of people who have never smoked diagnosed with lung cancer is increasing. Despite this alarming trend, this population is ineligible for lung screening. With the increasing proportion of people who have never smoked among lung cancer cases, there is a pressing need to develop prediction models to identify high-risk people who have never smoked and include them in lung cancer screening programs. Thus, our systematic review is intended to provide a comprehensive summary of the evidence on existing risk predictio

SUBMITTER: Issanov A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10863273 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature