key: cord-0888440-gdfddjan authors: Gibney, Barry C.; Sade, Robert M.; Detterbeck, Frank C.; Wood, Douglas E. title: Should Lung Cancer Screening Be Suspended During a Pandemic? date: 2021-09-22 journal: Ann Thorac Surg DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.08.032 sha: 6112412356bc65bef1e2fa457196b8519bfb68e7 doc_id: 888440 cord_uid: gdfddjan nan In balancing harms and benefits of any procedure, harms to patients that exceed benefits should be avoi- to be studied, and the resources needed for patient care must be carefully determined as the health care system provides both routine and pandemic-related care. As we achieve the ability to avoid potentially overwhelming pandemic surges and implement processes that allow health care to function even if life is not completely "normal," lung cancer screening should continue. Reduced lung-cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomographic screening Reduced lung-cancer mortality with volume CT screening in a randomized trial Annual number of lung cancer deaths potentially avertable by screening in the United States Time to initial cancer treatment in the United States and association with survival over time: an observational study Turning gray: the natural history of lung cancer over time Overdiagnosis in low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer The IASLC lung cancer staging project: methodology and validation used in the development of proposals for revision of the stage classification of non-small cell lung cancer in the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of lung cancer Prolonged lung cancer screening reduced 10-year mortality in the MILD trial: new confirmation of lung cancer screening efficacy Screening for lung cancer: CHEST guideline and expert panel report Principles of Biomedical Ethics The shared decision-making continuum Excess deaths associated with COVID-19, by age and race and ethnicity -United States Hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection lessons for public health Potential indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on use of emergency departments for acute lifethreatening conditions -United States Implementation of lung cancer screening in the Veterans Health Administration Fewer hospitalizations for acute cardiovascular conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic