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Lung Cancer Screening in Persons Who Never Smoked Has to be Evaluated-A Response to Letter to the Editor.

J Thorac Oncol

February 2022

Division of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Oncology Thoracic Oncology, LMU Klinikum der Universität München-Campus Innenstadt, Centre Munich University of Munich, Munich, Germany.

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Screening for Lung Cancer in Individuals Who Never Smoked: An International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Early Detection and Screening Committee Report.

J Thorac Oncol

January 2022

Division of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine V Thoracic Oncology Centre Munich University of Munich-Campus Innenstadt Munich, Germany, member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL - CPC-M).

Screening with low-dose computed tomography of high-risk individuals with a smoking history reduces lung cancer mortality. Current screening guidelines and eligibility criteria can miss more than 50% of lung cancers, and in some geographic areas, such as East Asia, a large proportion of the missed lung cancers are in never-smokers. Although randomized trials revealed the benefits of screening for people who smoke, these trials generally excluded never-smokers.

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