Eligibility criteria for lung cancer screening in France: a modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We estimated the potential impact of different eligibility criteria for lung cancer screening in France, to inform a planned national pilot program.

Methods

We simulated the French population by integrating national population estimates and smoking prevalence with lung cancer risk factors from the CONSTANCES cohort. We predicted lung cancer cases and deaths using the Lung Cancer [Death] Risk Assessment Tool for individuals with a smoking history. We evaluated four screening eligibility strategies: the US Preventive Services Task Force criteria (USPSTF) 2013, USPSTF-2021, NELSON, and a risk-based strategy (PLCOm2012 model).

Findings

We simulated 14,860,000 individuals with a smoking history aged 50-80 years in France. We estimated 11,000-14,000 preventable l

SUBMITTER: Feng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11833608 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature