PMID- 33046839 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210504 LR - 20211012 IS - 1759-4782 (Electronic) IS - 1759-4774 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 3 DP - 2021 Mar TI - Lung cancer LDCT screening and mortality reduction - evidence, pitfalls and future perspectives. PG - 135-151 LID - 10.1038/s41571-020-00432-6 [doi] AB - In the past decade, the introduction of molecularly targeted agents and immune-checkpoint inhibitors has led to improved survival outcomes for patients with advanced-stage lung cancer; however, this disease remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Two large randomized controlled trials of low-dose CT (LDCT)-based lung cancer screening in high-risk populations - the US National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) and NELSON - have provided evidence of a statistically significant mortality reduction in patients. LDCT-based screening programmes for individuals at a high risk of lung cancer have already been implemented in the USA. Furthermore, implementation programmes are currently underway in the UK following the success of the UK Lung Cancer Screening (UKLS) trial, which included the Liverpool Health Lung Project, Manchester Lung Health Check, the Lung Screen Uptake Trial, the West London Lung Cancer Screening pilot and the Yorkshire Lung Screening trial. In this Review, we focus on the current evidence on LDCT-based lung cancer screening and discuss the clinical developments in high-risk populations worldwide; additionally, we address aspects such as cost-effectiveness. We present a framework to define the scope of future implementation research on lung cancer screening programmes referred to as Screening Planning and Implementation RAtionale for Lung cancer (SPIRAL). FAU - Oudkerk, Matthijs AU - Oudkerk M AD - Institute of Diagnostic Accuracy (iDNA), Groningen, Netherlands. m.oudkerk@rug.nl. AD - Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. m.oudkerk@rug.nl. FAU - Liu, ShiYuan AU - Liu S AD - Department of Radiology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Heuvelmans, Marjolein A AU - Heuvelmans MA AD - Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands. AD - Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. FAU - Walter, Joan E AU - Walter JE AD - Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. FAU - Field, John K AU - Field JK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3951-6365 AD - Roy Castle Lung Cancer Research Programme, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20201012 PL - England TA - Nat Rev Clin Oncol JT - Nature reviews. Clinical oncology JID - 101500077 RN - 0 (Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors) SB - IM MH - Cost-Benefit Analysis MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - *Early Detection of Cancer MH - Humans MH - Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors/*therapeutic use MH - Lung Neoplasms/*drug therapy/*immunology/mortality/pathology MH - Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic MH - Risk Factors MH - Tomography, X-Ray Computed EDAT- 2020/10/14 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/05 06:00 CRDT- 2020/10/13 05:36 PHST- 2020/09/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/13 05:36 [entrez] AID - 10.1038/s41571-020-00432-6 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41571-020-00432-6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2021 Mar;18(3):135-151. doi: 10.1038/s41571-020-00432-6. Epub 2020 Oct 12.