Lung cancer screening
Low-dose CT screening for lung cancer.
Key point
Low-dose CT screening reduces lung cancer death risk by at least 21% and should be offered to people aged 50–75 with at least 20 pack-years.
From: ESR Essentials: lung cancer screening with low-dose CT-practice recommendations by the European Society of Thoracic Imaging (Eur Radiol, 2026 Mar) ↗Papers per year
Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 26, 44, 52, 51, 63.
New guidelines and consensus this year
- [Oncology Society of Chinese Medical Association guideline for clinical diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer (2026 edition)]Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi2026 Sep 23
- [Oncology Society of Chinese Medical Association guideline for clinical diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer (2026 edition)]Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi2026 Sep 22
- Program Guidelines for the National Lung Cancer Screening Program: Targeted Lung Cancer Screening in High-Risk Individuals in AustraliaMed J Aust2026 Jul
- ESR Essentials: lung cancer screening with low-dose CT-practice recommendations by the European Society of Thoracic ImagingEur Radiol2026 Mar
- Die präoperative Evaluation erwachsener thoraxchirurgischer Patientinnen und Patienten mit onkologisch resektablen Lungentumoren– eine gemeinsame Empfehlung der DGAI, DGT und DGPZentralbl Chir2026 Feb
All papers from the last 12 months
1,059 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…
- Potential to improve early detection of lung cancer through expansion of focused and opportunistic screening approaches: a scoping review focusing on potential expansion of screening risk factors and adoption of artificial intelligence modelsLung Cancer Manag2026 DecPMID 42864862Review
- Agreement and workflow efficiency of AI-based coronary artery calcification quantification in lung cancer screening: Comparison with semi-automated and visual assessmentEur J Radiol Open2026 DecPMID 42502844
- Feasibility and acceptability of an everyday patient-centered discussion model for primary care: An exploratory, single-center study in the VA primary care settingPEC Innov2026 DecPMID 42440969
- Budget impact of implementing AI-enabled chest X-ray based incidental pulmonary nodule detection for early lung cancer diagnosis: models from Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Thailand and VietnamJ Med Econ2026 DecPMID 42339680
- Reforming the delivery of smoking cessation: a distributional cost-effectiveness analysis of providing smoking cessation as part of targeted lung cancer screeningJ Med Econ2026 DecPMID 41973660
- DA(3)-LUNGNET: a multi-stage deep framework with adaptive attention for early detection of subcentimeter pulmonary nodulesHealth Inf Sci Syst2026 DecPMID 41425478
- Electrochemical ultrasensitive detection of miRNA-21 via enzyme-free ROMP amplificationAnal Chim Acta2026 Nov 8PMID 42763137
- Long-term efficacy and adherence of a lung cancer screening strategy with extended LDCT intervals: Results from the BioMILD trialLung Cancer2026 NovPMID 42777510
- Lung-RADS 0: How much is too much?Clin Imaging2026 NovPMID 42641296
- Diagnostic performance of a single breath-hold lung MRI scan with AI-powered compressed sensing for nodule detection in comparison to photon counting detector-CTEur Radiol2026 NovPMID 42429838
More pulmonology trends
All specialties →Robotic and navigational bronchoscopy
Robotic and navigation bronchoscopy to biopsy peripheral lung nodules.
Antifibrotics in pulmonary fibrosis
Nintedanib, pirfenidone and newer antifibrotics.
Biologics in severe asthma
Biologic therapies for severe asthma.
Key point: Biologic choice in adult severe asthma can be impacted by quality of life impairment, lung function, exacerbation frequency, oral corticosteroid use, endotype, biomarkers and comorbidities.
E-cigarettes and the lungs
Respiratory effects of vaping and e-cigarettes.
Sotatercept
An activin signalling inhibitor for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Interstitial lung abnormalities
Incidental interstitial changes on CT and their significance.
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How these numbers are counted
PubMed query, searched in titles and abstracts by publication date:
"lung cancer screening"[tiab] OR ("low-dose"[tiab] AND "computed tomography"[tiab] AND "lung cancer"[tiab])Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.