Observational study that aims to evaluate the implementation of a lung cancer screening program in a smoker population included in a public heath service.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
45 Years
Max age
74 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria :
Age between 45 and 74 years old; Smoker with a smoking history of at least 30 pack-years or former smoker who has quit smoking for less than 15 years; Never having participated in a lung cancer screening program ; Signing of the free and informed consent form.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients with chronic diseases (cardiovascular, pulmonary, hepatic, renal or metabolic) at an advanced stage that limit life expectancy or make it impossible to perform a curative surgical procedure; Patients being treated for tuberculosis or other granulomatous diseases; Patients diagnosed with previous neoplasm(s) that could develop lung metastases; Pregnant women; Patients who, for some reason, are unable to undergo low-dose chest computed tomography; Patients previously submitted to thoracic radiotherapy.
Primary outcome measure(s)
Absolute number and frequency of false-negative lung nodules . — Dec, 2024 Determine the prevalence of pulmonary nodules identified in the target population and the rate of false negative ones. Patients with suspicious nodules will be referred for transthoracic biopsy guided by tomography or a surgical biopsy.
Trial sites (1)
Facility
City
Region
Status
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (HCFMB)
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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