Offer Smokers, Ex-Smokers CT Scans, Group Says

Older smokers and former long-time smokers should be offered annual low-dose CT screening for lung cancer, but only through organized screening programs that emphasize careful interpretation of findings and patient counseling, according to new guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians.
They also call for the establishment of a lung cancer screening registry to capture data on follow-up testing, radiation exposure, patient experience and smoking behavior. Glamour cigarettes.