Recommendations for lung cancer screening in Southern Africa
Coenraad F. N. Koegelenberg,1 Shane Dorfman,2 Ivan Schewitz,3 Guy A. Richards,4 Shaun Maasdorp,5 Clifford Smith,6 Keertan Dheda,7,8 and on behalf of the South African Thoracic Society Author information Article notes Copyright and License information PMC Disclaimer Abstract Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in southern Africa. Early trials of chest radiograph-based screening in males at high risk for lung cancer found no […]
Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide, accounting for 2.1 million new cases and 1.8 million deaths in 2018. (1) More than two-thirds of lung cancer patients are diagnosed at a late stage, after the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. (2) Even with surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, the 5 […]