Implementation of lung cancer CT screening in the Nordic countries




Jesper Holst Pedersen, Jens Benn Sørensen, Zaigham Saghir, Øystein Fløtten, Odd Terje Brustugun, Haseem Ashraf, Trond-Eirik Strand, Signe Friesland, Hirsh Koyi, Lars Ek, Sven Nyrén, Per Bergman, Antti Jekunen, Eeva-Maija Nieminen, Tomas Gudbjartsson

PublisherTAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

2017

Acta Oncologica

ACTA ONCOLOGICA

ACTA ONCOL

56

10

1249

1257

9

0284-186X

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1080/0284186X.2017.1329592



Introduction: We review the current knowledge of CT screening for lung cancer and present an expert-based, joint protocol for the proper implementation of screening in the Nordic countries.Materials and methods: Experts representing all the Nordic countries performed literature review and concensus for a joint protocol for lung cancer screening.Results and discussion: Areas of concern and caution are presented and discussed. We suggest to perform CT screening pilot studies in the Nordic countries in order to gain experience and develop specific and safe protocols for the implementation of such a program.



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