Screening for Lung Cancer. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Lung cancer is a global health burden and is among the most common and deadliest of all malignancies worldwide. The goal of screening programs is to detect tumors in earlier, curable stages, consequently reducing disease-specific mortality. The issue of screening has great relevance to thoracic surgeons, who should play a leading role in the debate over screening and its consequences. The burden is on thoracic surgeons to work in a multidisciplinary setting to guide and treat these patients safely and responsibly, ensuring low morbidity and mortality of potential diagnostic or therapeutic interventions.

publication date

  • July 1, 2016

Research

keywords

  • Early Detection of Cancer
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Mass Screening
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'
  • Surgeons

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84978062223

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.soc.2016.02.002

PubMed ID

  • 27261909

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 25

issue

  • 3