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Summary of Recommendation The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against screening asymptomatic persons for lung cancer with either low dose computerized tomography (LDCT), chest x-ray (CXR), sputum cytology, or a combination of these tests. I recommendation. The USPSTF found fair evidence that screening with LDCT, CXR, or sputum cytology can detect lung cancer at an earlier stage than lung cancer would be detected in an unscreened population; however, the USPSTF found poor evidence that any screening strategy for lung cancer decreases mortality. Because of the invasive nature of diagnostic testing and the possibility of a high number of false-positive tests in certain populations, there is potential for significant harms from screening. Therefore, the USPSTF could ...

lung cancer Lung Cancer Definition: Neoplasm of the lung , trachea, or bronchus. This disease is characterized by uncontrolled growth of neoplastic cells developing in the respiratory tract, with the potential to invade and spread to other sites. ICD-9 codes 162.0-162.9. Summary Although mortality rates are declining, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death among men and women in Washington State. In 2000, lung cancer caused 3,100 deaths. The age-adjusted mortality rate was 57.4 per 100,000. The rate for males, 70.5, was 1.5 times greater than the rate for females, 47.7; however, while the rates for males are decreasing, the rates for females are increasing. While interest in early detection of lung cancer through screening has been growing, studies indicate that even when screening ...

Annals of Nuclear Medicine Vol. 17, No. 1, 1–14, 2003 REVIEW Value of whole-body FDG PET in management of lung cancer Kotaro H IGASHI ,* Ichiro M ATSUNARI ,**** Yoshimichi U EDA ,** Ryosuke I KEDA ,*** Jianfei G UO ,* Manabu O GUCHI ,* Hisao T ONAMI * and Itaru Y AMAMOTO * Departments of *Radiology, **Pathology, and ***Urology, Kanazawa Medical University ****Medical and Pharmacological Research Center Foundation 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET imaging provides physiologic and metabolic information that characterizes lesions that are indeterminate by CT. FDG PET imaging is sensitive to the detection of lung cancer in patients who have indeterminate lesions on CT, whereas low grade malignancy such as bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and carcinoid ...

lung cancer 1581 Kreftregisteret institute of population-based cancer research Surgical resection of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) A population-based study Hans Rostad Trond-Eirik Strand Anne Naalsund Erik Heyerdal Strøm Per-Fredrik Ekholdt Kreftregisteret – institute of population-based cancer research Background The who classification of lung carcinomas revised in 1999, defines BAC as a non-invasive tumor, and thus resection should be associated with a favorable outcome. The aim of this study was to assess survival following surgical treatment of patients with BAC. Kreftregisteret – institute of population-based cancer research Methods Clinical notification forms, death certificates and pathology reports ...

Industrial Health 2003, 41 , 231–235 *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Original Article Mortality due to Silico-Tuberculosis and Lung Cancer Among 200 Whetstone Cutters Suteo OGAWA, Hiroto IMAI and Masayuki IKEDA* Kyoto Industrial Health Association, 67 Nishinokyo-Kitatsuboicho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8472, Japan Received January 10, 2003 and accepted March 5, 2003 Abstract: The objective of the present study was to examine if the mortality due to tuberculosis and cancer in the lungs was elevated in a cohort of 200 male whetstone cutters. 1955–1995 death certificate- based mortality data on the cohort were available, and the data were reviewed in the present study for mortality due to the two diseases to calculate standardized mortality ratios (SMR) in reference to the health statistics of Kyoto prefecture, where the cohort lived. Among the 200 cohort members, ...