Estela Rodriguez, Associate Director of Community Outreach, posted the following on X:
“How many lives would be saved if everyone eligible for lung cancer screening was screened?
Analysis out in JNCI Now by Zhang et al.
- 60k lung cancer deaths will be averted.
- 751k life-years gained.
- 67% of USPSTF lung-eligible women were up-to-date.”
The risk and benefit profiles of US-eligible lung cancer screening attendees vs nonattendees
Authors: Elizabeth Y Zhang, BA, Li C Cheung, PhD, Hormuzd A Katki, PhD, Barry I Graubard, PhD, Ahmedin Jemal, PhD, Anil K Chaturvedi, PhD, Rebecca Landy, PhD
Estela (Estelamari) Rodriguez is Associate Director of Community Outreach and Co-Lead of Thoracic Site Disease Group of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She is board certified in medical oncology and hematology. She has a special interest in the early detection of lung cancer and increasing access to clinical trials.