The American Cancer Society estimates that its updated recommendation would lead to 21% more lung cancer deaths prevented compared with the current recommendations.
Nearly 5 million additional people are recommended to get screened for lung cancer under an updated guideline from the American Cancer Society, which expanded its recommendations to include older adults who smoke or formerly smoked — no matter how long ago they quit smoking.Previously, the American Cancer Society recommended annual lung cancer screening for adults ages 55 to 74 with at least a 30-pack-year smoking history who either currently smoke or quit smoking less than 15 years ago.
'The USPSTF and other guidelines have always said that the lung cancer screening should apply for people that currently smoke and for people who have quit smoking within the last 15 years,' said Dr. Matthew Triplette, a pulmonologist, associate professor and cancer prevention researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, who was not involved in either the ACS or USPSTF recommendations.
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