Challenges of Implementing Lung Cancer Screening in a Developing Country: Results of the Second Brazilian Early Lung Cancer Screening Trial (BRELT2).
Bruno HochheggerSpencer CamargoGustavo Borges da Silva TelesRodrigo Caruso ChateGilberto SzarfMarcos Duarte GuimarãesJefferson Luiz GrossPaula Nicole Vieira Pinto BarbosaRodrigo Sampaio ChiarantanoRui Manuel Vieira ReisEdmundo Carvalho MauadMario GhefterPetrucio SarmentoRaphael PereiraJosé RochaMarcel Lima AlbuquerqueAndre MiottoDaniela Cristina Almeida DiasJuliana Pereira FranceschiniHiran C FernandoRicardo Sales Dos SantosPublished in: JCO global oncology (2022)
There are still many challenges and obstacles in the implementation of LCS in developing countries; however, our multi-institutional data were possible to obtain satisfactory results in these scenarios and to achieve similar results to the main international studies. Granulomatous diseases did not increase the number of lung biopsies. The authors hope that it could stimulate the creation of organized screening programs in regions still endemic for tuberculosis and other granulomatous diseases.
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