Primary Care

Thoracic Malignancies   

Questions discussed in this category


Unlike USPTF and CMS guidelines, NCCN and ACS do not have a criterion for <15 years since quit

USPTF and CMS guidelines differ in age criteria, and NCCN guidelines do not have an upper age limit.

I feel like it’s nearly impossible to take carafate QID and avoid food and medications for 1-2 hours before and after. How do you counsel patien...

The recent NELSON trial evaluates screening in a slightly different population than the USPSTF/NLST criteria. Which will you follow?

If there are 3 negative scans, do you continue annual screening?

Our lung cancer screening program does not enroll anyone who has previously been deemed to be a nonsurgical candidate.  I see that there is no ev...


Papers discussed in this category


JAMA oncology, 2015-11

The New England journal of medicine, 2011-08-04

N. Engl. J. Med., 2020 Jan 29

Nature reviews. Cancer, 2007-10

The Lancet regional health. Europe, 2021 Sep 11

Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, 2018 Nov 13

Translational lung cancer research, 2020 Feb