The American Cancer Society (ACS) has updated its guidelines for lung cancer screening, recommending that nearly 5 million more Americans undergo CT scans. This marks the first change to the screening recommendations in a decade.

Placing prompts in the electronic health record, reminding primary care physicians of patients’ potential eligibility for lung cancer screening, can increase the use of low-dose CT, according to a new analysis.

New data derived from the National Lung Screening Trial reveal that more than 30% of low dose computed tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screenings contain significant incidental findings that warrant radiologists’ attention.

PET/MRI achieves similar or superior results to PET/CT for the detection of pulmonary malignancies, according to new research.

Risk model-based screening for lung cancer accounting for personal risk may be more cost-effective than age- and smoking history-based screening recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), according to a cost-effectiveness analysis.

An AI tool named “Sybil” was able to forecast both short- and long-term lung cancer risk based on a single low-dose CT (LDCT) scan, researchers reported.

According to Dr. Matthew Schabath, associate member in the Cancer Epidemiology Department at Moffitt Cancer Center and senior and corresponding author of this study, the goal of cancer screening is to detect cancers at earlier stages where treatment with surgery can be curative. However, not all early stages are the same. So, the scientists have developed...

Source: The American College of Radiology (ACR)’s summary outlines finalised changes in response to over 200 public comments received by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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