At what age do you stop LDCT chest for lung cancer screening?
USPTF and CMS guidelines differ in age criteria, and NCCN guidelines do not have an upper age limit.
Answer from: at Community Practice
One of Medicine's three priority-ordered duties is to postpone death. This also pertains to persons who have reached age 81. Lung cancer can occur longer than 15 years after cessation of smoking. Even if surgery can't be done, primary radiation of Stage 1 squamous cell lung carcinoma can result in p...
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at Kaiser Permanente LDCT screening for lung cancer is advised only for...
at Mercy Clinic Pulmonology Southfork Unfortunately, CMS recommendations differ from USP...
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LDCT screening for lung cancer is advised only for...
Unfortunately, CMS recommendations differ from USP...
Exactly. Why are the Medicare rules different?&nbs...