Non-smoking women need more attention in lung cancer screening: A real-world study from China
In China, only a minority of female lung cancer patients meet the definition of the high-risk populations for the NCCN lung cancer screening guidelines. Future lung cancer screening strategies for the Chinese population should focus more on younger populations and pay greater attention to non-smoking women to avoid high rates of underdiagnosis.
Authors
- Zhongmin Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3035-1672)
- Yan-Cheng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4972-6545)
- Wangang Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8549-4991)
- Xingchen Shang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9983-9054)
- Lijie Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9709-0061)
Institutions
- Shandong Provincial Hospital (CN)
- Shandong First Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-05-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2025.102833
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52