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COPD Adds Complexity to Shared Decision Making for LDCT Lung Cancer Screening
Key clinical point. Conditions such as COPD can impact the risk-benefit balance for low-dose CT screening for lung cancer.
Major finding: Patients with COPD had a significantly higher incidence of lung cancer diagnosis than did participants without COPD (6.1% vs. 3.6%).
Study details: Secondary analysis of patient-level outcomes from 75,138 low-dose computed tomography scans in 26,453 participants.
Disclosures: The study was supported by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Charles A. King Trust, and Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital. No conflicts of interest were declared.
Citation:
Iaccarino J et al. Chest 2019 Jul 5. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.06.016.