Lung Screening: Updates and Access, an Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics: Volume 33-4 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780443183362)

In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. DuyKhanh P. Ceppa and Kei Suzuki bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Access to Lung Screening. Lung cancer screening rates remain significantly lower compared to other well established cancer screening rates, and remain at a low 5.8% of the eligible population. In this issue, top experts discuss pertinent topics such as a review of the data supporting screening for lung cancer, building a screening program, increasing screening rates in eligible populations, and how to better target the high-risk population.

• Contains 11 relevant, practice-oriented topics including update on lung cancer screening guidelines; building a lung cancer screening program; patient barriers to lung cancer screening; access to lung cancer screening; clinical adjuncts to lung cancer screening; and more.

• Provides in-depth clinical reviews on access to lung screening, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.

• Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Author: Duykhanh P. Ceppa
ISBN-10: 0443183368
ISBN-13: 9780443183362
Publisher: Elsevier
Language: English
Published: 10/10/2023
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover