Screening for Lung Cancer Using Low-dose Chest Computed Tomography in Korean Long-term Colorectal Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) and NELSON trial showed that low-dose chest computed tomography (LDCT) screening significantly reduced the mortality form lung cancer. Although cancer survivors are known to have high risk for second malignant neoplasm (SMN), the usefulness of LDCT screening for lung cancer in cancer survivors is not clear.

Methods

Between August 2016 and August 2017, 633 long-term colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors visited the survivorship clinic in Cancer Prevention Center, Yonsei Cancer Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea. We surveyed the smoking status and recommended LDCT screening to ever-smoking CRC survivors aged 55-80 years. The participants were classified into three risk groups: risk group 1 (RG1) who met the NLST criteria (Age 55-74

SUBMITTER: Park JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6453590 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature