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Jan 29, 2025, 21:39

Jeff Yang: Assessing Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility of patients in the Boston Lung Cancer Study

Jeff Yang, Thoracic Surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, shared a post on X:

“STS2025 Plenary Presentation by superstar Alexandra Potter on Boston Lung Cancer Study. Only 46% of patients met USPSTF criteria: Adding a 20y-duration threshold leads to more equitable criteria. Removing 15YSQ increases eligibility. ”

Assessing Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility of Lung Cancer Patients in the Boston Lung Cancer Study: An Analysis of 7,186 Lung Cancer Cases – The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Authors: Alexandra L. Potter, Quiana Guo, Deepti Srinivasan, Margaret E. Yang, Meghan McCarthy, Danny Wang, Jui Kothari, Andrea Shafer, David C. Christiani, Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang.

Jeff Yang: Assessing Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility of patients in the Boston Lung Cancer Study

Alexandra L. Potter Alexandra Potter Andrea Shafer cancer Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang Danny Wang David C. Christiani Deepti Srinivasan Jeff Yang Jui Kothari Margaret E. Yang Meghan McCarthy OncoDaily Oncology Quiana Guo

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