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New guidelines more than double the number of Americans eligible for lung cancer screening, but experts say it s not enough Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT The task force made two significant changes to its lung cancer screening: Annual screenings will begin at age 50, instead of 55, and smoking intensity has been reduced from 30 to 20 pack-year history. This means patients will be eligible if they, for example, smoked one pack a day for 20 years or two packs a day for 10 years. “There’s a huge need to diagnosing patients early,” said Dr. David Carbone, an oncologist and lung cancer specialist at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, who is unaffiliated with the editorial. “When you don’t do screening exams, most lung cancer patients are diagnosed when they re incurable.”

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