Successful Lung Cancer Screening Programs Must Consider Unique Needs of Region , Population
Successful Lung Cancer Screening Programs Must Consider Unique Needs of Region , Population
DRS . CLAUDIA HENSCHKE AND PAN-CHY YANG TO CHAIR AN EDUCATION SESSION DESIGNED TO HELP THORACIC ONCOLOGISTS TRANSLATE RESEARCH INTO SUCCESSFUL LUNG CANCER SCREENING EFFORTS .
By : Fred Gebhart , Contributing Author on : September 11 , 2023In : MEETING NEWS , WCLC NEWS
There is no universal key to implementing lung cancer screening . The steps to success vary from country to country and population to population . Guidelines in the US , for example , rely on smoking history to evaluate risk and eligibility for low dose CT screening . In Taiwan — where lung cancer is often diagnosed in people who never smoked — includes family history and other risk factors to increase the diagnostic yield .
The one universal element for success is low-dose CT , which has proven effective in diagnosing more lung cancers at earlier stages when the disease is more responsive to treatment . And it is costeffective as well . So said Claudia Henschke , PhD , MD , Professor of Diagnostic , Molecular and Interventional Radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York
“ If you can find it early enough , you can save 90 % to 95 % of people with lung cancer ,” Dr . Henschke said . “ If we had a drug that could boost survival from 10 % to 90 % or more , it would be a wonder drug . That ’ s what low dose CT screening can do for lung cancer .”
Dr . Henschke will co-chair an educational session titled “ Implementing Lung Cancer Screening in Your Country : Claudia Henschke , PhD , MD
Taking Screening from the Trials to the Public ” from 10:45 – 11:45 on Tuesday , September 12 , in room 406 at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Center . She will share the podium with Pan-Chy Yang , MD , PhD , Professor of Internal Medicine at the National Taiwan University College of Medicine , Taipei .