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Annual LDCT

Recommended for:

  • Age 50-80,

  • 20 pack-y,

  • quit <15 y ago w/ annual LDCT (USPSTF 2021).

  • 年逾半百八十載,

  • 二十包煙歲月埋。

  • 戒煙已十五載矣,

  • 年年施檢莫心懷。

20% mortality benefit in National Lung Screening Trial

  • NNT = 320,
  • high FP rate (NEJM 2011;365;395) ↑ screening discussions & wide adoption needed (14% eligible are screened)