Optimal Lung Cancer Screening Criteria Among Persons Living With HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) 2021 updated recommendations on lung cancer screening with chest computed tomography to apply to individuals 50-80 years of age (previously 55-80 years), with a ≥20 pack-year history (previously ≥30), whether currently smoking or quit ≤15 years ago. Despite being at higher risk for lung cancer, persons with HIV (PWH) were not well-represented in the National Lung Screening Trial, which informed the USPSTF 2013 recommendations. It is unknown or unclear how PWH are affected by the 2021 recommendations.

Setting

This study was a retrospective analysis of PWH with and without lung cancer in the Women's Interagency HIV Study and the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.

Methods

We identified PWH, ages 40-80 years, who curre

SUBMITTER: Sellers SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9203877 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature