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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
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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.”
Print article WASHINGTON - A federally appointed task force recommended a major increase in the number of Americans eligible for free screening for lung cancer, saying expanded testing will save lives and especially benefit Black people and women. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group of 16 physicians and scientists who evaluate preventive tests and medications, said people with a long history of smoking should begin receiving annual low-dose CT scans at age 50, five years earlier than the group recommended in 2013. The group also broadened the definition of people it considers at high risk for the disease. The changes mean that 15 million people, nearly twice the current number, will be eligible for the scans to detect the No. 1 cancer killer in the United States. Under the Affordable Care Act, private insurers must cover services, without patient cost-sharing, that receive “A” or “B” recommendations from the task force. The lung cancer screenin
USA BASEBALL NAMES DRS. BLOOM AND OSBAHR CO-CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF NEW MEDICAL OVERSIGHT COMMISSION 03/09/21
USA Baseball named today Dr. Josh Bloom and Dr. Daryl Osbahr Co-Chief Medical Officers of the newly created USA Baseball Medical Oversight Commission. Additionally, Dr. Bloom has been chosen to assume the role of USA Baseball Medical/Safety Advisory Committee Chairman from former Chairman Glenn Fleisig, PhD., after serving on the committee since 2010.
The newly created Medical Oversight Commission, which will operate separately from the USA Baseball Medical/Safety Advisory Committee, is responsible for quality assurance, medical control, scope of practice, medical standards of curricula, and other related issues as assigned by the Board of Directors. In their roles as Co-Chief Medical Officers, Drs. Bloom and Osbahr will ensure that USA Baseball meets all of its responsibilities in order to continue the organization’s commitment to creating a safe, healthy, and secur