Implementation of lung cancer screening : proceedings of a workshop

Implementation of lung cancer screening proceedings of a workshop

"The public health burden from lung cancer is substantial: it is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Given the individual and population health burden of lung cancer, especially when it is diagnosed at later stages, ther...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: National Cancer Policy Forum (-), Board on Health Care Services, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening (Workshop)
Other Authors: Balogh, Erin, rapporteur (rapporteur), Balogh, Erin, editor (editor), Patlak, Margie, editor, Nass, Sharyl J., editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press 2017.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Lungs > Cancer > Treatment > Congresses.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009621999606719
Table of Contents:
  • Evidence base for lung cancer screening
  • Eligibility, clinical practice guidelines, and modeling
  • Insurance coverage of lung cancer screening
  • Shared decision making
  • Challenges to implementation of lung cancer
  • Screening programs
  • Overcoming implementation challenges
  • Screening program capacity
  • Structuring lung cancer screening programs
  • Ensuring the quality of lung cancer screening
  • Smoking cessation and lung cancer screening
  • Value and efficiency in lung cancer screening
  • Suggested areas of research
  • Workshop wrap-up.

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