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Early Detection & Screening


  • Risk Prediction Model Demonstrates Superior Performance vs. NELSON Criteria for Identifying Individuals for Screening

    Risk Prediction Model Demonstrates Superior Performance vs. NELSON Criteria for Identifying Individuals for Screening

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    KarryAnne Belanger, PhD
    Early Detection & Screening

    Dr. Jens Vogel-Claussen says the PLCOm2012 model, which includes family history and other factors, detected 97% of lung cancer cases compared to a 77% detection rate with NELSON criteria.


  • Multifaceted Approach Needed for Early Lung Cancer Detection

    Multifaceted Approach Needed for Early Lung Cancer Detection

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    Matthew P. Smeltzer, PhD, et al.
    Early Detection & Screening

    Analyses by Drs. Matthew P. Smeltzer and Raymond U. Osarogiagbon show nodule and LDCT lung cancer screening programs may be serving two distinct populations with only moderate overlap.


  • New Screening Approach Needed to Detect Lung Cancer in Patients who Never Smoked

    New Screening Approach Needed to Detect Lung Cancer in Patients who Never Smoked

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    Erin Jungmeyer
    Early Detection & Screening, Meeting News

    During ACLC 2022, Dr. Gee-Chen Chang made the case for moving beyond smoking history to identify at-risk patients and shared an alternative risk predication model that compared favorably against NLST and NELSON.


  • Opinion: Updated Screening Guidance Needs More Commitment, Action Steps

    Opinion: Updated Screening Guidance Needs More Commitment, Action Steps

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    Denis Horgan, PhD, LLM, MSc, BCL
    Early Detection & Screening, Global Initiatives

    Prof. Denis Horgan, executive director for the European Alliance for Personalised Medicine, writes that while the intentions behind the EU’s new cancer screening recommendations are laudable, they lack a roadmap for turning ideas into reality.


  • Comparable Efficacy, Disruptive Price for an Alternative EGFR TKI?

    Comparable Efficacy, Disruptive Price for an Alternative EGFR TKI?

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    H. Jack West, MD, et al.
    Early Detection & Screening

    Aumolertinib may ultimately prove to be an alternative to osimertinib, but it faces challenges before it can win us fda approval.


  • Lung Cancer Risk Prediction Model Demonstrates Readiness for Clinical Application

    Lung Cancer Risk Prediction Model Demonstrates Readiness for Clinical Application

    By

    Andrea Borondy Kitts, MS, MPH
    Early Detection & Screening

    Evidence demonstrates superior performance of the PLCOm2012 model for identifying individuals for lung cancer screening.


  • IASLC Releases Position Statement on Air Pollution on Earth Day

    IASLC Releases Position Statement on Air Pollution on Earth Day

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Early Detection & Screening, Risk Assessment and Reduction, Society News

    Association aims to bring attention to the often-overlooked links between air pollution and lung cancer.


  • Low-Dose CT, ctDNA May Partner for Lung Cancer Detection

    Low-Dose CT, ctDNA May Partner for Lung Cancer Detection

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    Leah Lawrence
    Diagnostic Oncology, Early Detection & Screening, Meeting News

    Liquid biopsy tool may be useful in high-risk individuals unwilling or unable to undergo LDCT.


  • Role of Liquid Biopsy in the Clinic Growing

    Role of Liquid Biopsy in the Clinic Growing

    By

    Leah Lawrence
    Early Detection & Screening, Evolving Standards of Care

    Lung cancer specialists are slowly being faced with the challenge of how to balance the benefits of next-generation tumor tissue testing against those of liquid biopsy in the clinic. During the 2021 International Society of Liquid Biopsy (ISLB) Congress, Natasha Leighl, MD, of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, provided attendees with…


  • Association of Race with Lung Cancer Risk Among Adults Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening

    Association of Race with Lung Cancer Risk Among Adults Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening

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    Christine S. Shusted, MPH, et al.
    Early Detection & Screening

    Data suggest lung cancer risk scores are not aligned with lung cancer diagnoses in Black patients. Take a closer look at how race influences lung cancer screening.