A new study reports that a wide gap often exists at lung cancer screening facilities in terms of following best practices for smoking cessation as a component of their lung cancer screening programs. Although most facilities are meeting the minimum requirements for reimbursement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), few follow the smoking cessation practices needed to qualify for designation as a GO2 Foundation lung cancer screening center of excellence. Specifically, the GO2 Foundation requires that patients who undergo screening be referred to a comprehensive cessation program at the screening center or another organization. This service is also a component of lung cancer screening guidelines from organizations such as the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the American Cancer Society (ACS). The study focused on facilities in Texas and appears in Cancer (doi:10.1002/cncr.34145).

一项新的研究报告说，肺癌筛查机构在遵循戒烟最佳实践作为肺癌筛查计划的组成部分方面通常存在很大差距。尽管大多数设施都满足医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心 (CMS) 报销的最低要求，但很少有人遵循戒烟实践，才有资格被指定为 GO2 基金会肺癌筛查卓越中心。具体而言，GO2 基金会要求将接受筛查的患者转介至筛查中心或其他组织的全面戒烟计划。该服务也是美国预防服务工作组 (USPSTF) 和美国癌症协会 (ACS) 等组织的肺癌筛查指南的组成部分。