title: Screening for lung cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of our review is to discuss the current state of lung cancer screening using CT in the context of defined criteria for effective screening.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although there are hopeful developments in lung cancer screening, a number of unresolved issues must be answered before adopting screening on a large scale. Currently no data exist to suggest that lung cancer screening with CT will result in a decrease in lung cancer mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 169 Ashley Ave., Rm. 297, PO Box 250322, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. ravenejg@musc.edu
authors.forename: James G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Ravenel
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Costello
authors.forename: Gerard A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Silvestri
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology