Oct 11, 2020

Organized Lung Cancer Screening Pilot: Informing a Province-Wide Program in Ontario, Canada

The Annals of thoracic surgery
Gail E Darling, Martin C Tammemägi, Heidi Schmidt, Daniel N Buchanan, Yvonne Leung, Caitlin McGarry, Linda Rabeneck
CONCLUSIONS: The pilot is the largest in Canada and aligns with International Agency for Research on Cancer standards for population-based, organized cancer screening. Recruitment of high-risk individuals, high rates of smoking cessation program acceptance, and detection of early-stage cancers are demonstrated.