A 62-year-old man with a 40 pack-year smoking history continues to smoke 10 cigarettes per day. He has no symptoms. According to the Canadian Task For...

Question

A 62-year-old man with a 40 pack-year smoking history continues to smoke 10 cigarettes per day. He has no symptoms. According to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care lung cancer screening guideline, what is the most appropriate recommendation?

Accepted Answer

Annual low-dose CT for up to three years in an organised programme

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Annual chest x-ray and sputum cytology

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No screening is recommended in this age group

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Annual low-dose CT indefinitely

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Single low-dose CT scan only once at age 60

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Lung cancer screening

A 62-year-old man with a 40 pack-year smoking history continues to smoke 10 cigarettes per day. He has no symptoms. According to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care lung cancer screening guideline, what is the most appropriate recommendation?