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Lung cancer screening with CT: Mayo Clinic experience

. 2003 Mar;226(3):756-61. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2263020036. Epub 2003 Jan 24. Lung cancer screening with CT: Mayo Clinic experience

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Lung cancer screening with CT: Mayo Clinic experience

Stephen J Swensen et al. Radiology. 2003 Mar.

. 2003 Mar;226(3):756-61. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2263020036. Epub 2003 Jan 24. Affiliation

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Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate a large cohort of patients at high risk for lung cancer by using screening with low-dose spiral computed tomography (CT) of the chest.

Materials and methods: A prospective cohort study was performed with 1,520 individuals aged 50 years or older who had smoked 20 pack-years or more. Participants underwent three annual low-dose CT examinations of the chest and upper abdomen. Characteristics of pulmonary nodules and additional findings were tabulated and analyzed.

Results: Two years after baseline CT scanning, 2,832 uncalcified pulmonary nodules were identified in 1,049 participants (69%). Forty cases of lung cancer were diagnosed: 26 at baseline (prevalence) CT examinations and 10 at subsequent annual (incidence) CT examinations. CT alone depicted 36 cases; sputum cytologic examination alone, two. There were two interval cancers. Cell types were as follows: squamous cell tumor, seven; adenocarcinoma or bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, 24; large cell tumor, two; non-small cell tumor, three; small cell tumor, four. The mean size of the non-small cell cancers detected at CT was 15.0 mm. The stages were as follows: IA, 22; IB, three; IIA, four; IIB, one; IIIA, five; IV, one; limited small cell tumor, four. Twenty-one (60%) of the 35 non-small cell cancers detected at CT were stage IA at diagnosis. Six hundred ninety-six additional findings of clinical importance were identified.

Conclusion: CT can depict early-stage lung cancers. The rate of benign nodule detection is high.

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