Current lung cancer screening practice amongst general practitioners in Western Australia: a cross-sectional study
© 2018 Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Lung cancer screening with low dose computed tomography (LDCT) is recommended in the USA and Canada for high-risk smokers but not in Australia. We administered a cross-sectional survey to Western Australian general practitioners (GP). The majority (64...
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| author | Manners, D. Wilcox, H. McWilliams, A. Piccolo, F. Liira, H. Brims, Fraser |
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| description | © 2018 Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Lung cancer screening with low dose computed tomography (LDCT) is recommended in the USA and Canada for high-risk smokers but not in Australia. We administered a cross-sectional survey to Western Australian general practitioners (GP). The majority (64/93, 69%) reported requesting a screening chest X-ray (42/93, 45%) and/or LDCT (38/93, 41%) in the past year. LDCT screening was more common if the GP had received education from radiology practices (odds ratio (OR) 2.81, P = 0.03) or if they believed screening is funded by the Medical Benefits Scheme (OR 3.57, P = 0.02). Lung cancer screening with LDCT is occurring outside a coordinated programme, contrary to Australian guidelines. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-656762019-07-08T06:16:51Z Current lung cancer screening practice amongst general practitioners in Western Australia: a cross-sectional study Manners, D. Wilcox, H. McWilliams, A. Piccolo, F. Liira, H. Brims, Fraser © 2018 Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Lung cancer screening with low dose computed tomography (LDCT) is recommended in the USA and Canada for high-risk smokers but not in Australia. We administered a cross-sectional survey to Western Australian general practitioners (GP). The majority (64/93, 69%) reported requesting a screening chest X-ray (42/93, 45%) and/or LDCT (38/93, 41%) in the past year. LDCT screening was more common if the GP had received education from radiology practices (odds ratio (OR) 2.81, P = 0.03) or if they believed screening is funded by the Medical Benefits Scheme (OR 3.57, P = 0.02). Lung cancer screening with LDCT is occurring outside a coordinated programme, contrary to Australian guidelines. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65676 10.1111/imj.13670 Blackwell Publishing restricted |
| spellingShingle | Manners, D. Wilcox, H. McWilliams, A. Piccolo, F. Liira, H. Brims, Fraser Current lung cancer screening practice amongst general practitioners in Western Australia: a cross-sectional study |
| title | Current lung cancer screening practice amongst general practitioners in Western Australia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Current lung cancer screening practice amongst general practitioners in Western Australia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Current lung cancer screening practice amongst general practitioners in Western Australia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Current lung cancer screening practice amongst general practitioners in Western Australia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Current lung cancer screening practice amongst general practitioners in Western Australia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | current lung cancer screening practice amongst general practitioners in western australia: a cross-sectional study |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65676 |