Lung Cancer Screening

Release Date: May 2004

This topic page summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening for lung cancer.

Summary of Recommendations / Supporting Documents

Summary of Recommendations

• The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against screening asymptomatic persons for lung cancer with either low dose computerized tomography (LDCT), chest x-ray (CXR), sputum cytology, or a combination of these tests.
  Grade: I Statement.

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Supporting Documents

Lung Cancer Screening, May 2004
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 200 KB; PDF Help)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 300 KB); PDF Help
Systematic Evidence Review (PDF Files Download)

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Current as of May 2004

Internet Citation:

Lung Cancer Screening, Topic Page. May 2004. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspslung.htm