Building a national strategy for the prevention and management of and research in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute workshop summary

Article Abstract:

A workshop on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presents its recommendations. COPD includes chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive bronchitis, emphysema, and asthmatic bronchitis. Efforts should be directed at prevention through smoking cessation and control of occupational exposures and early detection. Early detection involves obtaining smoking and occupational histories and simple tests of lung function. Research is needed to identify cost-effective programs for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment as well as basic research to gain better understanding of the disease.

Care and treatment, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Lung diseases, Obstructive, Chronic obstructive lung disease, United States. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

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Routine Screening for Lung Cancer? Maybe Someday, but Not Yet

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It may not be wise to screen high-risk patients for lung cancer. Many of these patients may consider a negative result as a green light to continue smoking. In addition, routine screening would make it difficult to conduct clinical trials to see if screening saves lives. More emphasis needs to be placed on smoking cessation until research conclusively demonstrates that routine screening saves lives.

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Screening Strategies for Early Detection of Lung Cancer: The Time Is Now

Article Abstract:

If all of the estimated 172,000 patients diagnosed with lung cancer in 2000 were diagnosed early, 103,200 would survive, compared to 25,800 patients who would survive if diagnosed late. Chest X-rays, spirometry, sputum cytologic testing and CT scans could be used to detect lung cancer in the early stages.

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