Medscape November 21, 2024
The national survival rate for lung cancer has increased by 26% in the past 5 years, to 28.4% of all cases, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.
Rates of preventive screening with low-dose CT, meanwhile, have remained low, at only 16% nationwide, even after the US Preventive Services Task Force broadened screening criteria in 2021 to include more younger patients and those with lighter smoking histories.
Just 27.4% of lung cancer cases in the United States are caught at an early stage, before cancer can be detected in the lymph nodes and when survival rates are markedly higher.
The American Lung Association’s recently published “State of Lung Cancer” report is its fifth annual snapshot of...
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