title: Surveillance low-dose chest computed tomography for head and neck cancer patients.
abstract: Based on the recent results of the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network now recommends annual screening with low-dose computed tomography for high-risk individuals (generally defined as 45- to 60-year-old current or former smokers). As head and neck cancer patients are at a high risk for (second) lung cancers, annual surveillance computed tomography should be considered for head and neck cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA.
authors.forename: Sophia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bornstein
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wax
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holland
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010039:Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015996:Survival Rate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed