New Screening Approach Needed to Detect Lung Cancer in Patients who Never Smoked
Erin JungmeyerDuring 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. Read more
Opinion: Updated Screening Guidance Needs More Commitment, Action Steps
Denis Horgan, PhD, LLM, MSc, BCLProf. 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. Read more
Comparable Efficacy, Disruptive Price for an Alternative EGFR TKI?
H. Jack West, MD+more
Aumolertinib may ultimately prove to be an alternative to osimertinib, but it faces challenges before it can win us fda approval. Read more
Lung Cancer Risk Prediction Model Demonstrates Readiness for Clinical Application
Andrea Borondy Kitts, MS, MPHEvidence demonstrates superior performance of the PLCOm2012 model for identifying individuals for lung cancer screening. Read more
Association aims to bring attention to the often-overlooked links between air pollution and lung cancer. Read more
Low-Dose CT, ctDNA May Partner for Lung Cancer Detection
Leah LawrenceLiquid biopsy tool may be useful in high-risk individuals unwilling or unable to undergo LDCT. Read more
Role of Liquid Biopsy in the Clinic Growing
Leah LawrenceLung 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 […] Read more
Association of Race with Lung Cancer Risk Among Adults Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening
Christine S. Shusted, MPH+more
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. Read more
Ongoing Research Looks at Optimizing Lung Cancer Screening Programs
Beth Fand IncollingoStudies seek to optimize lung screening by monitoring incidentally detected nodules, delaying some repeat scans, and balancing false positives against delayed diagnosis. Read more
Two large-scale, randomized controlled trials—the U.S. National Lung Screening Trial (NLST; n = 53,454) and the Dutch–Belgian Randomized Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NELSON; n = 15,792)—have demonstrated that lung cancer […] Read more