Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT: what we have learned in two decades of ITALUNG and what is yet to be addressed

M Mascalchi, G Picozzi, D Puliti, S Diciotti, A Deliperi… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The ITALUNG trial started in 2004 and compared lung cancer (LC) and other-causes
mortality in 55–69 years-aged smokers and ex-smokers who were randomized to four …

How will lung cancer screening and lung nodule management change the diagnostic and surgical lung cancer landscape?

G Hardavella, A Frille, R Chalela… - European …, 2024 - err.ersjournals.com
Introduction: Implementation of lung cancer screening, with its subsequent findings, is
anticipated to change the current diagnostic and surgical lung cancer landscape. This …

Cardiac troponin I as predictor for cardiac and other mortality in the German randomized lung cancer screening trial (LUSI)

FO Cortés-Ibáñez, T Johnson, M Mascalchi, V Katzke… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Cardiac Troponin I (cTnI) could be used to identify individuals at elevated risk of
cardiac death in lung cancer (LC) screening settings. In a population-based, randomized LC …

Impact of smoking in patients with suspected coronary artery disease in the randomised DISCHARGE trial

M Mancone, AJV Mézquita, LI Birtolo… - European …, 2024 - Springer
Objectives To investigate if the effect of cardiac computed tomography (CT) vs. invasive
coronary angiography (ICA) on cardiovascular events differs based on smoking status …

[HTML][HTML] Is Type and Grade of Emphysema Important for Bone Mineral Density and Aortic Calcifications?

D Vuković, D Budimir Mršić, I Ordulj, F Šarić… - Journal of clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has extrapulmonary manifestations,
such as cardiovascular diseases and osteoporosis. The purpose of this research was to …

Two Decades of ITALUNG. What We Have Learned and What Is Yet to Be Addressed in Lung Cancer Screening with Low Dose CT

M Mascalchi, G Picozzi, D Puliti, S Diciotti, A Deliperi… - 2023 - preprints.org
The ITALUNG trial started in 2004 and compared lung cancer (LC) and other-causes
mortality in 55-69 years-aged smokers and ex-smokers who were randomized to four annual …

The association of chest computed tomography-defined visual emphysema and prognosis in patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer

Y Zhang, J Yi, D Sun, Y Su, Y Zuo, M Zhu… - ERJ Open …, 2023 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Although computed tomography (CT)-defined emphysema is considered a
predictor of lung cancer risk, it is not fully clear whether CT-defined emphysema is …