Question

A 60-year-old man with a 35 pack-year smoking history currently smokes 10 cigarettes daily. He has no respiratory symptoms and a normal chest radiograph. According to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, what is the recommended approach to lung cancer screening?

Accepted Answer

Annual low-dose CT scan of the chest for up to 3 years

Answer

Annual chest radiograph and sputum cytology

Answer

No screening; counsel smoking cessation only

Answer

Single baseline low-dose CT at age 60 only

Answer

Annual low-dose CT indefinitely with no planned stop age

Practice question

A 60-year-old man with a 35 pack-year smoking history currently smokes 10 cigarettes daily. He has no respiratory symptoms and a normal chest radiograph. According to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, what is the recommended approach to lung cancer screening?