title: Components necessary for high-quality lung cancer screening: American College of Chest Physicians and American Thoracic Society Policy Statement.
abstract: Lung cancer screening with a low-dose chest CT scan can result in more benefit than harm when performed in settings committed to developing and maintaining high-quality programs. This project aimed to identify the components of screening that should be a part of all lung cancer screening programs. To do so, committees with expertise in lung cancer screening were assembled by the Thoracic Oncology Network of the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) and the Thoracic Oncology Assembly of the American Thoracic Society (ATS). Lung cancer program components were derived from evidence-based reviews of lung cancer screening and supplemented by expert opinion. This statement was developed and modified based on iterative feedback of the committees. Nine essential components of a lung cancer screening program were identified. Within these components 21 Policy Statements were developed and translated into criteria that could be used to assess the qualification of a program as a screening facility. Two additional Policy Statements related to the need for multisociety governance of lung cancer screening were developed. High-quality lung cancer screening programs can be developed within the presented framework of nine essential program components outlined by our committees. The statement was developed, reviewed, and formally approved by the leadership of CHEST and the ATS. It was subsequently endorsed by the American Association of Throacic Surgery, American Cancer Society, and the American Society of Preventive Oncology.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: mazzonp@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mazzone
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arenberg
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Policy and Outcomes, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bach
authors.affiliation: Section of Th oracic Surgery, Yale, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Detterbeck
authors.affiliation: Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA.
authors.forename: Michael K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Jaklitsch
authors.affiliation: Division of Oncology, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jett
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Naidich
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vachani
authors.affiliation: Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA; The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Renda Soylemez
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Wiener
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Silvestri
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*