Lung Cancer Screening

Lung cancer (LC) is the most common and fatal cancer worldwide; in the USA it remains the deadliest cancer despite decreasing incidence. Emergency physicians currently encounter LC in various ways. Patients go to the emergency department (ED) for disease or treatment complications. Others are diagnosed with LC in the ED, likely already advanced and refractory to treatment. Lastly, incidental lesions that are likely benign but have a small chance of representing early cancer are encountered and evaluated.