Cancer Screening Program in Urban Kunming of Yunnan: Evaluation of Lung Cancer Risk Assessment and Screening

This study analyzed the evaluation of lung cancer risk assessment model and screening effect in urban China of Yunnan, so as to explore the evaluation model of high-risk lung cancer population suitable for China ' s national conditions and develop lung cancer screening guidelines for Chinese. Methods A questionnaire survey and lung cancer risk assessment were conducted on 165,337 people in 36 street offices in 4 main urban areas of Kunming, Yunnan Province, using cluster sampling method from January 2015 to December 2019. People with high-risk of lung cancer conducted low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening of chest. What ’s more, all participants were followed up by active or passive follow-up. Results There were 264 patients were diagnosed lung cancer by pathology, and the overall incidence of lung cancer was 0.16% (264/165,337). The high-risk group (0.31%, 116/37,914) was higher than the non-high-risk group (0.1 2%, 148/127,423), and the difference was statistically significant (P
Source: Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research