Lung Cancer Screening Uptake in the United States

The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines recommend yearly low-dose CT (LDCT) screening for high-risk smokers. These guidelines are based on the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), which showed that yearly LDCT screening for high-risk smokers decreased lung cancer-related mortality.1The National Lung Screening Trial Research TeamReduced lung-cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomographic screening.N Engl J Med....