The importance of low-dose CT screening to identify emphysema in asymptomatic participants with and without a prior diagnosis of COPD

CONCLUSION: Emphysema was identified in 23.8% participants undergoing LDCT and was unsuspected in 76.5%. LDCT provides an opportunity to identify emphysema, and recommend smoking cessation.PMID:33799061 | DOI:10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.03.012

Source: Clinical Lung Cancer - April 2, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: David Steiger M Faisal Siddiqi Rowena Yip David F Yankelevitz Claudia I Henschke I-ELCAP investigators Source Type: research