Jul 11, 2018

Importance of Long-term Low-Dose CT Follow-up after Negative Findings at Previous Lung Cancer Screening

Radiology
John Kavanagh, Geoffrey Liu, Ravi Menezes, Grainne M O'Kane, Maureen McGregor, Ming Tsao, Frances A Shepherd, Heidi Schmidt
Purpose To assess the incidence of lung cancer in a cohort of patients with negative findings at previous lung cancer screening. Materials and Methods In this prospective cohort study, the authors first identified 4782 individuals who had negative screening results as part of the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (1993-2005). Subjects were assigned a lung cancer risk score by using a validated risk model. Starting with those at highest risk, subjects were interviewed by phone and...