Question

A 60-year-old man with a 40 pack-year smoking history stopped smoking 5 years ago. He has no respiratory symptoms. According to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which of the following patients should be offered annual low-dose CT screening for lung cancer?

Accepted Answer

This patient because he is 60 years old with a 40 pack-year history and quit 5 years ago

Answer

Only individuals aged 50-80 years with at least a 20 pack-year history

Answer

Any current or former smoker regardless of age or pack-years

Answer

Only people with chronic cough and weight loss suggestive of lung cancer

Answer

No one; lung cancer screening with low-dose CT is not recommended in Canada

Practice question

A 60-year-old man with a 40 pack-year smoking history stopped smoking 5 years ago. He has no respiratory symptoms. According to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which of the following patients should be offered annual low-dose CT screening for lung cancer?