Age-Based Screening for Lung Cancer Surveillance in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Lung cancer is increasingly diagnosed in never-smokers, suggesting that the current US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) screening criteria using low-dose computed tomography exclude many at-risk individuals, thus raising concerns about their effectiveness and equity.

Objective

To evaluate the proportion, clinical characteristics, and survival of patients with lung cancer who meet or are excluded from USPSTF criteria and to use institutional and published data to model expanded criteria and evaluate age-based screening.

Design, setting, and participants

Patients with lung cancer diagnosed from 2018 to 2023 at an academic center were analyzed, with follow-up through 2024. Patients were stratified by 2021 USPSTF eligibility (age 50-80 years, ≥20 pack-ye

SUBMITTER: Yang HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12635884 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature