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Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1| Describe current lung cancer screening guidelines, including eligibility, recommended intervals, and evidence supporting screening.
2| Identify key barriers to lung cancer screening uptake and challenges in shared decision-making, particularly among diverse and high-risk populations.
3| Recognize important considerations in reporting, communicating results, and managing follow-up testing after abnormal lung cancer screening findings.
4| Apply practical strategies and best practices to improve lung cancer screening implementation and ensure timely diagnostic evaluation and treatment.
5| Engage patients effectively in shared decision-making and integrate smoking cessation and follow-up processes into clinical workflows.

Presenter(s):

Eduardo Nunez, MD, MS
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine and Healthcare Delivery and Population Sciences
Medical Director Baystate Health Lung Cancer Screening Program
UMass Chan-Baystate

Chi-Fu Jeffery Yang, MD
Surgeon, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School