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Segment 4 - Screening
Panelists discuss screening recommendations and guidelines, including considerations for screening those patients with a smoking history.
Panelists discuss screening recommendations and guidelines, including considerations for screening those patients with a smoking history. They also discuss screening’s role in reducing mortality rates.
Dr Sugarbaker says the most recent recommendations from CMS are built on previous consensus studies which determine which groups of patients should receive annual screenings, and how often suspicious screenings should be followed up. When a nodule is found, depending on the size, surgery may be recommended.
Dr Corey says that in comparison to mammograms or colonoscopies, the impact and awareness of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) is not as well known. He suggests that guidelines should be more concrete, especially in regards to the regulation of patient follow-up.
Oncology Onward: A Conversation With Penn Medicine's Dr Justin Bekelman
December 19th 2023Justin Bekelman, MD, director of the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation, sat with our hosts Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA, and Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, for our final episode of 2023 to discuss the importance of collaboration between academic medicine and community oncology and testing innovative cancer care delivery in these settings.
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