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Bring the AATS Annual Meeting Home with Free Webcasts
Most of the presentations from the 2015 AATS Annual Meeting are now available on the AATS website for viewing at your leisure. Find your choice on each day’s program listing, click on the live link, and you’re there.
Watch the President’s Address, listen to the Basic Science Lecture, revisit a session, share with your colleagues, or view a presentation you may have missed.
Most of the presentations from the 2015 AATS Annual Meeting are now available on the AATS website for viewing at your leisure. Find your choice on each day’s program listing, click on the live link, and you’re there.
Watch the President’s Address, listen to the Basic Science Lecture, revisit a session, share with your colleagues, or view a presentation you may have missed.
Most of the presentations from the 2015 AATS Annual Meeting are now available on the AATS website for viewing at your leisure. Find your choice on each day’s program listing, click on the live link, and you’re there.
Watch the President’s Address, listen to the Basic Science Lecture, revisit a session, share with your colleagues, or view a presentation you may have missed.
Congratulations to the Poster Winners!
Moderated Poster Winners
Adult Cardiac
Dr. Maral Ouzounian, University of Toronto, “David vs. Goliath: Valve-Sparing Root Replacement Improves Outcomes Compared to Bentall Procedures in Patients with Aortic Root Dilatation”
Congenital
Dr. Ed Peng, Freeman Hospital, United Kingdom, “Durable Ventricular Assist Device Support for End-stage Heart Failure: An Extended Role in
Pediatric and Congenital Population”
General Thoracic
Dr. Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, Duke University, “Should Lobectomy be Performed when Unsuspected pN2 Disease is Found at the Time of Planned Lung Cancer Resection? A National Cancer Data Base Analysis”
Allied Health Winner
Tamara Goda, DNP, ANP-BC from East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center. Her poster titled “An Interdisciplinary Education Initiative to Promote Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery”
Resident Winners
Cardiac
1st Place: Dr. Yangsin Lee from Mitsui Memorial Hospital. Poster titled “Long-term outcome of isolated coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with left ventricular dysfunction”
2nd Place: Dr. Scott Johnson from Medical University of South Carolina. Poster titled “Pulmonary Embolectomy for Acute and Subacute Type a Pulmonary Embolism on Cardiopulmonary Bypass with a Beating Heart”
3rd Place: Dr. Pouya Youssefi from St. George’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom “Effect of Aortic Valve Morphology on Haemodynamics and Aneurysm Formation in the Thoracic Aorta”
Congenital
1st Place: Dr. Mohammed Al-Jughiman from the University of Toronto. Poster titled “Is the Rastelli Procedure Falsely Maligned?”
2nd Place: Dr. Elizabeth Stephens from Columbia University. Poster titled “Cardiac Function after Tetralogy of Fallot/Complete Atrioventricular Canal Repair”
3rd Place: Dr. Mark Roeser from Texas Children’s Hospital. Poster titled “Transloaction of the Descending Thoracic Aorta for Releif of Distal TRaeal and Proximal Bronchial Compression”
Thoracic
1st Place: Dr. Gary Schwartz from Johns Hopkins Hospital. Poster titled “Treatment effect of Rapamycin in laryngotracheal stenosis”
2nd Place: Dr. Nicholas Baker from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Poster titled “Stereotactic Radio Surgery in the Octogenarian”
3rd Place: Dr. Laura Donahoe from St. Joseph’s Health Centre. Poster titled “CT-guided Microcoil VATS resection of lung nodules”
Moderated Poster Winners
Adult Cardiac
Dr. Maral Ouzounian, University of Toronto, “David vs. Goliath: Valve-Sparing Root Replacement Improves Outcomes Compared to Bentall Procedures in Patients with Aortic Root Dilatation”
Congenital
Dr. Ed Peng, Freeman Hospital, United Kingdom, “Durable Ventricular Assist Device Support for End-stage Heart Failure: An Extended Role in
Pediatric and Congenital Population”
General Thoracic
Dr. Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, Duke University, “Should Lobectomy be Performed when Unsuspected pN2 Disease is Found at the Time of Planned Lung Cancer Resection? A National Cancer Data Base Analysis”
Allied Health Winner
Tamara Goda, DNP, ANP-BC from East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center. Her poster titled “An Interdisciplinary Education Initiative to Promote Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery”
Resident Winners
Cardiac
1st Place: Dr. Yangsin Lee from Mitsui Memorial Hospital. Poster titled “Long-term outcome of isolated coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with left ventricular dysfunction”
2nd Place: Dr. Scott Johnson from Medical University of South Carolina. Poster titled “Pulmonary Embolectomy for Acute and Subacute Type a Pulmonary Embolism on Cardiopulmonary Bypass with a Beating Heart”
3rd Place: Dr. Pouya Youssefi from St. George’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom “Effect of Aortic Valve Morphology on Haemodynamics and Aneurysm Formation in the Thoracic Aorta”
Congenital
1st Place: Dr. Mohammed Al-Jughiman from the University of Toronto. Poster titled “Is the Rastelli Procedure Falsely Maligned?”
2nd Place: Dr. Elizabeth Stephens from Columbia University. Poster titled “Cardiac Function after Tetralogy of Fallot/Complete Atrioventricular Canal Repair”
3rd Place: Dr. Mark Roeser from Texas Children’s Hospital. Poster titled “Transloaction of the Descending Thoracic Aorta for Releif of Distal TRaeal and Proximal Bronchial Compression”
Thoracic
1st Place: Dr. Gary Schwartz from Johns Hopkins Hospital. Poster titled “Treatment effect of Rapamycin in laryngotracheal stenosis”
2nd Place: Dr. Nicholas Baker from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Poster titled “Stereotactic Radio Surgery in the Octogenarian”
3rd Place: Dr. Laura Donahoe from St. Joseph’s Health Centre. Poster titled “CT-guided Microcoil VATS resection of lung nodules”
Moderated Poster Winners
Adult Cardiac
Dr. Maral Ouzounian, University of Toronto, “David vs. Goliath: Valve-Sparing Root Replacement Improves Outcomes Compared to Bentall Procedures in Patients with Aortic Root Dilatation”
Congenital
Dr. Ed Peng, Freeman Hospital, United Kingdom, “Durable Ventricular Assist Device Support for End-stage Heart Failure: An Extended Role in
Pediatric and Congenital Population”
General Thoracic
Dr. Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, Duke University, “Should Lobectomy be Performed when Unsuspected pN2 Disease is Found at the Time of Planned Lung Cancer Resection? A National Cancer Data Base Analysis”
Allied Health Winner
Tamara Goda, DNP, ANP-BC from East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center. Her poster titled “An Interdisciplinary Education Initiative to Promote Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery”
Resident Winners
Cardiac
1st Place: Dr. Yangsin Lee from Mitsui Memorial Hospital. Poster titled “Long-term outcome of isolated coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with left ventricular dysfunction”
2nd Place: Dr. Scott Johnson from Medical University of South Carolina. Poster titled “Pulmonary Embolectomy for Acute and Subacute Type a Pulmonary Embolism on Cardiopulmonary Bypass with a Beating Heart”
3rd Place: Dr. Pouya Youssefi from St. George’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom “Effect of Aortic Valve Morphology on Haemodynamics and Aneurysm Formation in the Thoracic Aorta”
Congenital
1st Place: Dr. Mohammed Al-Jughiman from the University of Toronto. Poster titled “Is the Rastelli Procedure Falsely Maligned?”
2nd Place: Dr. Elizabeth Stephens from Columbia University. Poster titled “Cardiac Function after Tetralogy of Fallot/Complete Atrioventricular Canal Repair”
3rd Place: Dr. Mark Roeser from Texas Children’s Hospital. Poster titled “Transloaction of the Descending Thoracic Aorta for Releif of Distal TRaeal and Proximal Bronchial Compression”
Thoracic
1st Place: Dr. Gary Schwartz from Johns Hopkins Hospital. Poster titled “Treatment effect of Rapamycin in laryngotracheal stenosis”
2nd Place: Dr. Nicholas Baker from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Poster titled “Stereotactic Radio Surgery in the Octogenarian”
3rd Place: Dr. Laura Donahoe from St. Joseph’s Health Centre. Poster titled “CT-guided Microcoil VATS resection of lung nodules”
Applications Now Open for the Advanced Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Training Fellowship
Sponsor: Olympus America
Fellowship Overview: Permits young North American thoracic surgeons to spend between one and six months studying clinical techniques at an EBUS-proficient institution.
Host Sites
NYU Langone Medical Center
Toronto General Hospital, Division of Thoracic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Deadline: June 1, 2015
More information/application submission: http://aatsgrahamfoundation.org/awards_advancedEBUS.cgi
Sponsor: Olympus America
Fellowship Overview: Permits young North American thoracic surgeons to spend between one and six months studying clinical techniques at an EBUS-proficient institution.
Host Sites
NYU Langone Medical Center
Toronto General Hospital, Division of Thoracic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Deadline: June 1, 2015
More information/application submission: http://aatsgrahamfoundation.org/awards_advancedEBUS.cgi
Sponsor: Olympus America
Fellowship Overview: Permits young North American thoracic surgeons to spend between one and six months studying clinical techniques at an EBUS-proficient institution.
Host Sites
NYU Langone Medical Center
Toronto General Hospital, Division of Thoracic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Deadline: June 1, 2015
More information/application submission: http://aatsgrahamfoundation.org/awards_advancedEBUS.cgi
F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship Awardees Named
The AATS is proud to announce the awardees of the F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship, the first “Honoring Our Mentors” Fellowship. The program acknowledges the leadership and dedication of surgeons in the field.
The awardees are James L. Lubawski, Jr., and Pablo Sanchez.
The fellowship supports surgeons who have finished their residencies, allowing them to advance their clinical techniques at a North American institution. Each winner will receive $3,500 to defray living expenses during his four to six weeks of training.
James L. Lubawski, Jr., MD
Institution: Central DuPage Hospital (Illinois)
Host Institution: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Fellowship Focus: Advanced lung cancer cases
Pablo Sanchez, MD
Institution: University of Maryland
Host Institution: Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Lung Transplant Program
Fellowship Focus: Build Ex Vivo Perfusion skills
The AATS is proud to announce the awardees of the F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship, the first “Honoring Our Mentors” Fellowship. The program acknowledges the leadership and dedication of surgeons in the field.
The awardees are James L. Lubawski, Jr., and Pablo Sanchez.
The fellowship supports surgeons who have finished their residencies, allowing them to advance their clinical techniques at a North American institution. Each winner will receive $3,500 to defray living expenses during his four to six weeks of training.
James L. Lubawski, Jr., MD
Institution: Central DuPage Hospital (Illinois)
Host Institution: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Fellowship Focus: Advanced lung cancer cases
Pablo Sanchez, MD
Institution: University of Maryland
Host Institution: Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Lung Transplant Program
Fellowship Focus: Build Ex Vivo Perfusion skills
The AATS is proud to announce the awardees of the F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship, the first “Honoring Our Mentors” Fellowship. The program acknowledges the leadership and dedication of surgeons in the field.
The awardees are James L. Lubawski, Jr., and Pablo Sanchez.
The fellowship supports surgeons who have finished their residencies, allowing them to advance their clinical techniques at a North American institution. Each winner will receive $3,500 to defray living expenses during his four to six weeks of training.
James L. Lubawski, Jr., MD
Institution: Central DuPage Hospital (Illinois)
Host Institution: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Fellowship Focus: Advanced lung cancer cases
Pablo Sanchez, MD
Institution: University of Maryland
Host Institution: Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Lung Transplant Program
Fellowship Focus: Build Ex Vivo Perfusion skills
First Edwards Lifesciences Advanced Treatments of Valve Disease Fellow Chosen
Victor Dayan has been named the first Edwards Lifesciences Advanced Treatments of Valve Disease Fellow.
He will receive a $25,000 award to defray travel and living expenses for a minimum of three months training at a host institution in valve repair, transcatheter repair or replacement of valves.
Victor Dayan, MD
Institution: Hospital de Clinicas, Centro Cardiovascular
Montevideo, Uruguay
Host Institution: Mayo Clinic
Fellowship Focus: Enhancing clinical techniques in valve disease
Victor Dayan has been named the first Edwards Lifesciences Advanced Treatments of Valve Disease Fellow.
He will receive a $25,000 award to defray travel and living expenses for a minimum of three months training at a host institution in valve repair, transcatheter repair or replacement of valves.
Victor Dayan, MD
Institution: Hospital de Clinicas, Centro Cardiovascular
Montevideo, Uruguay
Host Institution: Mayo Clinic
Fellowship Focus: Enhancing clinical techniques in valve disease
Victor Dayan has been named the first Edwards Lifesciences Advanced Treatments of Valve Disease Fellow.
He will receive a $25,000 award to defray travel and living expenses for a minimum of three months training at a host institution in valve repair, transcatheter repair or replacement of valves.
Victor Dayan, MD
Institution: Hospital de Clinicas, Centro Cardiovascular
Montevideo, Uruguay
Host Institution: Mayo Clinic
Fellowship Focus: Enhancing clinical techniques in valve disease
Apply Today for the Advanced Valve Disease Educational Fellowship
Sponsor: Medtronic
Fellowship Overview: Offers surgeons the opportunity to interactively observe valvular heart disease specialists and connect with them about treatment, technical skills and management of perioperative patients for a minimum of one month up to three months.
Potential Host Institutions
Cleveland Clinic
Johns Hopkins University
Mount-Sinai Medical Center
New York University
University of Southern California
Deadline: June 15, 2015
More information/application submission: http://aatsgrahamfoundation.org/awards_valveEDU.cgi
Sponsor: Medtronic
Fellowship Overview: Offers surgeons the opportunity to interactively observe valvular heart disease specialists and connect with them about treatment, technical skills and management of perioperative patients for a minimum of one month up to three months.
Potential Host Institutions
Cleveland Clinic
Johns Hopkins University
Mount-Sinai Medical Center
New York University
University of Southern California
Deadline: June 15, 2015
More information/application submission: http://aatsgrahamfoundation.org/awards_valveEDU.cgi
Sponsor: Medtronic
Fellowship Overview: Offers surgeons the opportunity to interactively observe valvular heart disease specialists and connect with them about treatment, technical skills and management of perioperative patients for a minimum of one month up to three months.
Potential Host Institutions
Cleveland Clinic
Johns Hopkins University
Mount-Sinai Medical Center
New York University
University of Southern California
Deadline: June 15, 2015
More information/application submission: http://aatsgrahamfoundation.org/awards_valveEDU.cgi
Submit Today for the James L. Cox Fellowship in Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
Sponsor: AtriCure
Fellowship Overview: Gives newly graduated CT surgeons the opportunity to spend up to three months improving their atrial fibrillation techniques at a host institution.
Potential Host Sites
Franciscan St. Francis Hospital (Indianapolis, IN)
Inova Fairfax Hospital (Fairfax, VA)
Pauley Heart Center at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Sentara Heart Hospital (Norfolk, VA)
Swedish Medical Center (Englewood, CO)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University of Virginia
Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital
(St. Louis, MO)
Deadline: May 26, 2015
More information/application submission: http://aatsgrahamfoundation.org/awards_atricure.cgi
Sponsor: AtriCure
Fellowship Overview: Gives newly graduated CT surgeons the opportunity to spend up to three months improving their atrial fibrillation techniques at a host institution.
Potential Host Sites
Franciscan St. Francis Hospital (Indianapolis, IN)
Inova Fairfax Hospital (Fairfax, VA)
Pauley Heart Center at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Sentara Heart Hospital (Norfolk, VA)
Swedish Medical Center (Englewood, CO)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University of Virginia
Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital
(St. Louis, MO)
Deadline: May 26, 2015
More information/application submission: http://aatsgrahamfoundation.org/awards_atricure.cgi
Sponsor: AtriCure
Fellowship Overview: Gives newly graduated CT surgeons the opportunity to spend up to three months improving their atrial fibrillation techniques at a host institution.
Potential Host Sites
Franciscan St. Francis Hospital (Indianapolis, IN)
Inova Fairfax Hospital (Fairfax, VA)
Pauley Heart Center at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Sentara Heart Hospital (Norfolk, VA)
Swedish Medical Center (Englewood, CO)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University of Virginia
Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital
(St. Louis, MO)
Deadline: May 26, 2015
More information/application submission: http://aatsgrahamfoundation.org/awards_atricure.cgi
Also Don’t Miss These Important Fellowship & Training Opportunities This Spring
Ethicon Fellowship for Advanced Thoracic Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)
Sponsored by Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Offers North American young CT surgeons and their surgical teams the opportunity to enhance their skills in thoracic minimally invasive surgery by spending a one- or two-day period at clinical sites.
Learn more: aatsgrahamfoundation.org/activities.cgi
Deadline: May 31, 2015
Thoracic Surgery Training Fellowship
Sponsored by Ethicon China/Chinese International Medical Foundation
Offers young Chinese surgeons the opportunity to spend between one month and one year obtaining advanced thoracic surgery skills at North American institutions.
Deadline: May 31, 2015
Learn more about eligibility and application requirements: aatsgrahamfoundation.org/activities.cgi
Ethicon Fellowship for Advanced Thoracic Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)
Sponsored by Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Offers North American young CT surgeons and their surgical teams the opportunity to enhance their skills in thoracic minimally invasive surgery by spending a one- or two-day period at clinical sites.
Learn more: aatsgrahamfoundation.org/activities.cgi
Deadline: May 31, 2015
Thoracic Surgery Training Fellowship
Sponsored by Ethicon China/Chinese International Medical Foundation
Offers young Chinese surgeons the opportunity to spend between one month and one year obtaining advanced thoracic surgery skills at North American institutions.
Deadline: May 31, 2015
Learn more about eligibility and application requirements: aatsgrahamfoundation.org/activities.cgi
Ethicon Fellowship for Advanced Thoracic Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)
Sponsored by Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Offers North American young CT surgeons and their surgical teams the opportunity to enhance their skills in thoracic minimally invasive surgery by spending a one- or two-day period at clinical sites.
Learn more: aatsgrahamfoundation.org/activities.cgi
Deadline: May 31, 2015
Thoracic Surgery Training Fellowship
Sponsored by Ethicon China/Chinese International Medical Foundation
Offers young Chinese surgeons the opportunity to spend between one month and one year obtaining advanced thoracic surgery skills at North American institutions.
Deadline: May 31, 2015
Learn more about eligibility and application requirements: aatsgrahamfoundation.org/activities.cgi
VIDEO: Third Annual Mitral Conclave Draws an International Audience
More than 1,100 cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons converged in New York City April 23 and 24 to deliberate and debate the latest findings in mitral valve surgery at the third annual Mitral Conclave of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, which officially kicks off AATS Week 2015.
David Adams, MD, program director of Mount Sinai Health System, noted that attendees represented 61 different countries, “so I really think this has become an international event.”
More than 1,100 cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons converged in New York City April 23 and 24 to deliberate and debate the latest findings in mitral valve surgery at the third annual Mitral Conclave of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, which officially kicks off AATS Week 2015.
David Adams, MD, program director of Mount Sinai Health System, noted that attendees represented 61 different countries, “so I really think this has become an international event.”
More than 1,100 cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons converged in New York City April 23 and 24 to deliberate and debate the latest findings in mitral valve surgery at the third annual Mitral Conclave of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, which officially kicks off AATS Week 2015.
David Adams, MD, program director of Mount Sinai Health System, noted that attendees represented 61 different countries, “so I really think this has become an international event.”
AATS Launches Lung Cancer Screening Calculator Online
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) has launched a Lung Cancer Screening Calculator to help individuals determine whether or not they should seek diagnostic screening.
The tool is especially relevant given that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on February 5, 2015 that Medicare will now cover an annual CT lung cancer screening for patients that meet certain criteria. AATS was very involved in the process of getting CMS to approve such screenings.
Covered individuals must:
** Be between ages 55 and 77, who are currently smokers or quit within the last 15 years.
** Have a tobacco smoking history of at least 30 “pack years” (an average of one pack a day for 30 years).
** Receive a written order from a physician or a qualified non-physician practitioner.
The AATS Writing Group for Lung Cancer Screening and Surveillance under co-chairs Drs. Francine L. Jacobson and Michael T. Jaklitsch (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) was instrumental in developing this diagnostic tool.
The Group has identified other high-risk groups, including people between 54 and 77 who:
** Are lung cancer survivors.
** Have 20 “pack years” of smoking plus an additional factor that places their lung cancer risk at five percent over the next five years.
Lung cancer is the third most common cancer and a leading cause of US cancer deaths.
Individuals can use the calculator online to determine whether or not they should pursue a CT screening. The page allows them to print out the results for discussion with their doctor, as well as locate a screening facility near their home.
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) has launched a Lung Cancer Screening Calculator to help individuals determine whether or not they should seek diagnostic screening.
The tool is especially relevant given that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on February 5, 2015 that Medicare will now cover an annual CT lung cancer screening for patients that meet certain criteria. AATS was very involved in the process of getting CMS to approve such screenings.
Covered individuals must:
** Be between ages 55 and 77, who are currently smokers or quit within the last 15 years.
** Have a tobacco smoking history of at least 30 “pack years” (an average of one pack a day for 30 years).
** Receive a written order from a physician or a qualified non-physician practitioner.
The AATS Writing Group for Lung Cancer Screening and Surveillance under co-chairs Drs. Francine L. Jacobson and Michael T. Jaklitsch (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) was instrumental in developing this diagnostic tool.
The Group has identified other high-risk groups, including people between 54 and 77 who:
** Are lung cancer survivors.
** Have 20 “pack years” of smoking plus an additional factor that places their lung cancer risk at five percent over the next five years.
Lung cancer is the third most common cancer and a leading cause of US cancer deaths.
Individuals can use the calculator online to determine whether or not they should pursue a CT screening. The page allows them to print out the results for discussion with their doctor, as well as locate a screening facility near their home.
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) has launched a Lung Cancer Screening Calculator to help individuals determine whether or not they should seek diagnostic screening.
The tool is especially relevant given that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on February 5, 2015 that Medicare will now cover an annual CT lung cancer screening for patients that meet certain criteria. AATS was very involved in the process of getting CMS to approve such screenings.
Covered individuals must:
** Be between ages 55 and 77, who are currently smokers or quit within the last 15 years.
** Have a tobacco smoking history of at least 30 “pack years” (an average of one pack a day for 30 years).
** Receive a written order from a physician or a qualified non-physician practitioner.
The AATS Writing Group for Lung Cancer Screening and Surveillance under co-chairs Drs. Francine L. Jacobson and Michael T. Jaklitsch (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) was instrumental in developing this diagnostic tool.
The Group has identified other high-risk groups, including people between 54 and 77 who:
** Are lung cancer survivors.
** Have 20 “pack years” of smoking plus an additional factor that places their lung cancer risk at five percent over the next five years.
Lung cancer is the third most common cancer and a leading cause of US cancer deaths.
Individuals can use the calculator online to determine whether or not they should pursue a CT screening. The page allows them to print out the results for discussion with their doctor, as well as locate a screening facility near their home.