Lung Cancer Screening: A Comprehensive Guide Online Course

Presented in cooperation with the Society of Thoracic Radiology

This Online Course will provide the education and training to improve your image interpretation skills as well as insight to developing a comprehensive lung cancer screening program.

Learning Outcomes and Modules

Upon completion of this program, you will be able to: provide a practical step by step framework for radiologists in broad practice settings to establish and manage a lung cancer screening program; interpret the epidemiology of lung cancer; recognize the protean imaging manifestations of lung cancer; become familiar with the findings of the National Lung Screening Trial and understand their impact on the current practice of lung cancer screening; acquire expertise in the detection and characterization of pulmonary nodules; obtain imaging protocols for low does lung cancer screening; review the essentials of establishing a lung cancer screening program; and apply Lung RADS™ to reporting of low dose lung cancer screening CT studies.

MODULE 1

• • • Lung Cancer Epidemiology
    • Lung Cancer Clinical Presentation
    • Imaging Manifestations of Lung Cancer
    • Missed Lung Cancer

MODULE 2

• • • Basic Principles of Screening
    • Findings of the National Lung Screening Trial
    • Society’s Perspective on Lung Cancer Screening
    • Establishing a Lung Cancer Screening Program

MODULE 3

• • • Differential Diagnosis of the Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
    • Imaging Characterization of Pulmonary Nodules
    • Follow-Up and Management of Indeterminate Lung Nodules Outside of Screening

MODULE 4

• • • Histologic Classification of Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma
    • Calcium Scoring as Part of Lung Cancer Screening
    • Eligibility Criteria for Lung Cancer Screening

MODULE 5

• • • Technique for Low-Dose CT Screening and Radiation Dose
    • Use of Low-Dose CT Outside of Screening
    • Reporting Lung Screening Results: Lung RADS

MODULE 6

• • Engaging the Patient: An Opportunity for Direct Communication and Increased Radiologist Visibility
  • Screening the Medicare Patient
  • Future Directions in Lung Cancer Screening
  • Q&A