Plain language summary and patient perspective: 2020 lung cancer screening recommendations by the US Preventive Services Task Force

Future Oncology, our partner journal, has recently published a Plain Language Summary of Publication and patient perspective of the United States Preventive Services Task Force's lung cancer screening recommendations. Abstract What is this summary about? This summary describes the research carried out by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF for short) during a review and update of their lung cancer screening recommendations made in 2013. The USPSTF reviewed the results of clinical studies that used a type of scan called low dose computed tomography (LDCT for short). They wanted to see how successful LDCT was at finding lung...