Rethinking how mobile units can catalyze progress on lung cancer screening: a scoping review of what we have learned.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations, low uptake of lung cancer screening (LCS) highlights the need for measures to promote adoption. This scoping review aims to outline the global landscape of mobile low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) platforms, summarizing research and evaluating efficacy in screening at-risk populations.

Methods

We comprehensively searched Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science for articles published between 2017 and 2023. Selected studies focused on mobile LCS programs using LDCT, providing details on program location, design, sample size, age, targeted population, lung cancer detection rate, and outcomes. Only studies meeting these

SUBMITTER: Karanth SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11565335 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature