Lung cancer screening in Brazil: recommendations from the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery, Brazilian Thoracic Association, and Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging

Lung cancer screening in Brazil: recommendations from the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery, Brazilian Thoracic Association, and Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging

ABSTRACT Although lung cancer (LC) is one of the most common and lethal tumors, only 15% of patients are diagnosed at an early stage. Smoking is still responsible for more than 85% of cases. Lung cancer screening (LCS) with low-dose CT (LDCT) reduces LC-related mortality by 20%, and that reduction r...

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Main Authors: Luiz Fernando Ferreira Pereira, Ricardo Sales dos Santos, Daniel Oliveira Bonomi, Juliana Franceschini, Ilka Lopes Santoro, André Miotto, Thiago Lins Fagundes de Sousa, Rodrigo Caruso Chate, Bruno Hochhegger, Artur Gomes Neto, Airton Schneider, César Augusto de Araújo Neto, Dante Luiz Escuissato, Gustavo Faibischew Prado, Luciana Costa-Silva, Mauro Musa Zamboni, Mario Claudio Ghefter, Paulo César Rodrigues Pinto Corrêa, Pedro Paulo Teixeira e Silva Torres, Ricardo Kalaf Mussi, Valdair Francisco Muglia, Irma de Godoy, Wanderley Marques Bernardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2024-03-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Subjects:
Lung neoplasms
Early detection of cancer
Tomography, X-ray computed
Tobacco use disorder
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132024000100700&tlng=en

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