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Radiation Oncology • Thoracic Malignancies
Should radiation oncologists advocate for changes in the USPSTF guideline that recommends lung cancer screening for patients as long as they can undergo curative lung surgery, but currently omits the concept of curative radiation therapy?
If so, how can we accomplish this advocacy?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
The 2021 update to the USPSTF Lung Cancer Screening Guideline specifically states that "Screening should be discontinued once a person...develops a health problem that substantially limits life expectancy or the ability or willingness to have curative lung surgery". I agree with this sentence, excep...
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