eTable 1. Recommendations of organizations and professional bodies on the topic of lung cancer screening, in chronological order.
| Organization | Year | Reference | Tendency* | Statement |
| American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) | 2012 | (e6) | + | Screening according to the NLST – Also for patients aged 50 years or more with at least criteria recommended 20 pack-years |
| French multidisciplinary expert panel; Groupe d’Oncologie de Langue Francaise (GOLF) | 2013 | (e7) | (+) | Individual screening based on the NLST criteria recommended |
| Austrian Society of Radiology and Austrian Society of Pneumology | 2013 | (e8) | + | Screening based on the NLST criteria recommended;detailed patient information and standardized investigation of positive findings required |
| American Cancer Society | 2013 | (e9) | + | Screening analogous to the NLST criteria recommended |
| International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and Strategic Screening Advisory Committee (SSAC) | 2014 | (e10) | (+) | Screening analogous to the NLST criteria recommended, but only at specialized centers
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| Multidisciplinary expert panel of the Swiss university hospitals | 2014 | (e11) | – | Screening exclusively in the context of a national observational study recommended |
| American Lung Association | 2014 | (e12) | + | Screening analogous to the NLST criteria recommended, but only at specialized centers |
| American Academy of Family Physicians | 2014 | (e12) | – | Screening cannot be recommended on the basis of a single study |
| German Respiratory Society, German Thoracic Surgery Society, and German Röntgen Society | 2014 | (e13) | – | Lung cancer screening currently not recommended |
| United States Preventive Services Task Force | 2015 | (e14) | + | Screening analogous to the NLST criteria recommended
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| European Society of Radiology (ESR) and European Respiratory Society (ERS) | 2015 | (e15) | (+) | Lung cancer screening recommended in clinical studies or at certified multidisciplinary centers |
| American College of Radiology | 2015 | (e16) | + | Screening analogous to the NLST criteria recommended, but only at specialized centers |
| American College of Chest Physicians and American Thoracic Society | 2015 | (e17) | + | Screening recommended |
| National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) | 2015 | (e18) | + | Screening analogous to the NLST criteria recommended |
*This rating sums up the respective authors’ current recommendation regarding introduction of lung cancer screening: + = in favor of screening;
(+) = tendency towards endorsement of screening under certain conditions; – = rejection of screening at the current time.NLST, National Lung Screening Trial