Incorporating Coexisting Chronic Illness into Decisions about Patient Selection for Lung Cancer Screening. An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement.
M Patricia RiveraNichole T TannerGerard A SilvestriFrank C DetterbeckMartin Carl TammemägiRobert P YoungChristopher G SlatoreTanner J CaverlyCynthia M BoydDejana BraithwaiteJoelle T FathiMichael K GouldJonathan M IaccarinoStephen P MalkoskiPeter J MazzoneLynn T TanoueNancy L SchoenbornJavier J ZuluetaRenda Soylemez Wienernull nullPublished in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (2019)
There is an urgent need for further research that can help guide clinical decision-making with patients who may not benefit from LCS owing to coexisting chronic illness. This statement establishes a research framework to address essential questions regarding how to incorporate and communicate risks of comorbidities into patient selection and decisions regarding LCS.