THE ROLE OF IMAGING IN SCREENING SPECIAL FEATURE: COMMENTARY EUPS-argues that lung cancer screening should be implemented in 18 months

Field, John K ORCID: 0000-0003-3951-6365, Baldwin, David R, Devaraj, Anand and Oudkerk, Matthijs (2018) THE ROLE OF IMAGING IN SCREENING SPECIAL FEATURE: COMMENTARY EUPS-argues that lung cancer screening should be implemented in 18 months. BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, 91 (1090). 20180243-.

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Abstract

The European Position Statement (EUPS) expert group comprised of individuals who have been actively involved in the planning and execution of all the low dose CT (LDCT) randomised controlled European screening trials. They have argued that as lung cancer screening with LDCT saves lives, planning for implementation needs to be started by the national health organisations throughout Europe. The EUPS examined the current evidence which supports the planning for the implementation of lung cancer screening, as well as areas which require further work. One of the major areas the EUPS focused on was the management of prevalent lung nodules in CT-screening programmes, lung nodules at incident screening (newly detected) and CT-detected lung nodules in clinical practice should be managed with different protocols, due to different pre-test lung cancer probability. The EUPS provides nine recommendations and a "Call to Action" for implementation, which is naturally dependent on the outcome of the NELSON trial. Clearly, the issue is how Europe can take this forward as part of the political agenda of individual countries, as well as that of the EU Commission. An EU policy document has been developed, which focuses on the key steps in the implementation of cost effective lung cancer screening in Europe.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Mass Screening, Radiation Dosage, Expert Testimony, Health Policy, Europe, Early Detection of Cancer
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	31 May 2018 06:10
Last Modified:	08 Jan 2024 11:05
DOI:	10.1259/bjr.20180243
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3021917