A new study, published in CANCER, estimated that 8.6 million Americans met the NLST (National Lung Screening Trial) criteria for lung cancer screening in 2010. The NLST included more than 50,000 people aged 55 to 74 who were current or former smokers with at least a 30 pack-year history of smoking. When the researchers combined their estimate with information on lung cancer death rates, they calculated that if all eligible Americans received low-dose CT screening, approximately 12,000 lung cancer deaths would be delayed or prevented each year. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Ma J, et al. Annual Number of Lung Cancer Deaths Potentially Avertable by Screening in the United States. Cancer. Published online first February 25, 2013.
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