By Katherine Kahn
Source Medpagetoday
BOSTON — Whether low-dose CT screening for lung cancer should be expanded to include people who quit smoking more than 15 years ago, as the American Cancer Society (ACS) now recommends, was the topic of much debate here.
ACS guidance previously said that lung screening should not begin if someone quit smoking more than 15 years ago or should stop once that point is reached. But in November 2023, the ACS issued new screening guidelinesopens in a new tab or window that removed that criteria, expanded the age range for eligibility from 55-74 to 50-80 years, and decreased the number of pack-years for current and former smokers from 30 or more to 20 or more.
Although otherwise in agreement, the current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendationsopens in a new tab or window, updated in 2021, maintain the years since smoking criteria.
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