title: Computed tomographic screening for lung cancer: the Mayo Clinic experience.
abstract: The Mayo Clinic has been involved in screening for lung cancer since the lung cancer project in 1971. The Mayo Clinic recently completed a study of more than 1500 patients with low-dose computed tomographic (CT) screening for lung cancer. Results showed that more than 75% of patients in the screening program had a lung nodule but only a small percentage had lung cancer. As others have found, screening with low-dose CT finds patients with lung cancer at an earlier stage and hopefully will increase the cure rate.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Erin A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Gillaspie
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Electronic address: Allen.mark@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D008910:Minnesota; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Low-dose CT; Lung cancer; Prevention; Screening