You should be scanned for lung cancer if you did that, the panel says
"Adults aged 50 to 80 who have a 20-pack smoking history" and who are currently smoking the list.
There was a big news for smokers and even non-smokers released this spring spring: the eligibility of a lung examination should develop, according to onedeclaration the task of American preventive services forcert."LungCancer Is the second most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, "they say". In 2020, about 228,820 people were diagnosed with lung cancer and 135,720 people died of the disease. Their new recommendations are intended to bring the equity to test. Read it to see if you are eligible - and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseSure sign that you have "Long" Covid and may even know.
The working group recommends annual projections now for this group of people.
"The USPSTF recommends the annual lung cancer screening with the LDCT in adults aged 50 to 80 who have a history of 20-year-old smoking and smoking over the last 15 years. Screening should be interrupted once that a person has not been smoked. 15 years or develops a health problem that considerably limits life expectancy or the ability or willingness to have pulmonary curative surgery. This recommendation replaces the recommended 2013 USPSTF declaration Through the Annual Lung Cancer Screening with LDCT in adults aged 55 to 80 who are 30 years old smoking history of a year of packaging and smoking or quitting in the last 15 years . "
The working group stated smoking the number one cause
"The most important risk factor for lung cancer is smoking," they say. "Smoking is estimated at about 90% of all cases of lung cancer, With a relative risk of lung cancer about 20 times higher among smokers than in non-smokers. The growing age is also a risk factor for lung cancer. The median age of the diagnosis of lung cancer is 70 years. Lung cancer has a generally mediocre prognosis, with an overall 5-year survival rate of 20.5%. However, lung cancer at the early stage has a better prognosis and is more convenible for treatment. "
There is a net advantage in the projection
"The US Prevention Services Working Group (USPSTF) concludes with a moderate certainty that the annual lung cancer screening with the LDCT has a moderate net benefit in people at high risk of lung cancer on The basis of age, a total cumulative exposure to tobacco smoke and years being possible smoking, "says the working group." The moderate net advantage of screening depends on the limitation of high-risk people testing. As the accuracy of the image interpretation is similar or better than that found in clinical trials and the resolution of most false positive results with series imaging rather than invasive procedures rather than invasive procedures. . "
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Black men have a higher incidence of lung cancer
"African-American / black men (blacks) have a higher incidence of lung cancer than white men and black women have a lower affluence than that of white women," explains the working group. "These differences are probably linked to smoking exposure differences (the prevalence of smoking) and a related exhibition to cigarens in cigarettes. Differences can also be related to other social risk factors."
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These are the other risk factors for lung cancer
"Other risk factors for lung cancer", say the working group ", including environmental exposures, earlier radiotherapy, other (non-legal) pulmonary diseases and family history. The lower level of education is also associated at a higher risk of lung cancer. The Working Group recommends using the age and history of smoking to determine eligibility for screening rather than more development models developed because there is evidence. Insufficient to determine whether modeled risk forecasting would improve the results of the use of age and smoking history risk factors for a broad implementation. in primary care. "
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What if you need care
"As noted above, the USPSTF recommends the annual screening of lung cancer with the LDCT in adults aged 50 to 80 who are at least 20 years of tobacco history. Screening should be interrupted once 'A person has not smoked for 15 years. " Contact your doctor if you think you need a projection and cross this pandemic at your healthier, do not miss these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.
