Table 4.
Recommended Lung Cancer Screening Strategies for 3 Clinical Vignettes
| Pulmonologists | Primary care providers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended screening strategy | Recommended screening strategy | |||||||
| Vignette | Description | No Screening N (%) |
LDCT N (%) |
Need additional information N (%) |
No screening N (%) |
LDCT N (%) |
Need additional information N (%) |
P value |
| 1 | Healthy 60-year-old, former smoker that has a 30 pack-year history and quit smoking 1 year ago | 0 (0) |
17 (100) |
0 (0) |
6 (8.8) |
55 (80.9) |
7 (10.3) |
.218 |
| 2 | Healthy 55-year-old, former smoker that has a 15 pack-year history and quit smoking 20 years ago | 12 (70.6) |
1 (5.9) |
4 (23.5) |
59 (86.8) |
5 (7.4) |
4 (5.9) |
.085 |
| 3 | Healthy 62-year-old, former smoker that has a 40 pack-year history, quit smoking 16 years ago, and was exposed to asbestos in the workplace | 3 (17.7) |
8 (47.1) |
6 (35.3) |
16 (23.5) |
35 (51.5) |
17 (25.0) |
.724 |
Note. LDCT, low-dose computed tomography.