SCREENING AND EARLY DETECTION OF LUNG CANCER

OBJECTIVE: To review current risk factors for lung cancer, identify screening and early detection guidelines while describing new approaches that use genomic technologies. DATA SOURCES: Published scientific literature, clinical literature, and published lung cancer screening guidelines from the United States and Canada. CONCLUSION: Nurses are caring for lung cancer patients who, historically, do not live for long periods after diagnosis. Research is revealing promising screening methodologies that can detect lung cancer 1 to 4 years earlier than the current approaches.