Lung cancer screening: New guidelines, new challenges

New Medicaid work requirements could lead to 1.6 million missed cancer screenings over two years

New Medicaid work requirements included in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” could result in as many as 1.6 million missed screenings for breast, colon, and lung cancers within the first two years, researchers at the University of Chicago reported in a paper published in JAMA Oncology earlier this month.

January 16, 2026

Vol.52 No.02

By Sara Willa Ernst

Clinical Trials & Tribulations

A radiation oncologist’s perspective: Why we need to accelerate early detection strategies for lung cancers

As a radiation oncologist, I am struck by how often the decisive variable in lung cancer is not the sophistication of our therapy, but the timing of our encounter with the disease. The American Cancer Society projects 618,120 cancer deaths in the United States in 2025, with lung cancer remaining as the single largest contributor,...

January 16, 2026

Vol.52 No.02

By Kevin King

Clinical Trials & Tribulations

How a Montefiore Einstein screening program is changing the history of lung cancer in the Bronx

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, largely because it is most often diagnosed at an advanced stage.

Blood test may help identify which colon cancer patients benefit from NSAIDs

A blood test could help doctors decide which patients with colon cancer should receive anti-inflammatory medication along with chemotherapy after surgery.

January 09, 2026

Vol.52 No.1

Clinical Roundup

Blood test detects lung cancer up to 5 years before scans, Personalis and University College London study finds

Personalis Inc. announced the publication of one of the largest and most comprehensive patient cohorts to date from the landmark TRACERx study, which demonstrated the clinical importance of ultrasensitive, tumor-informed molecular residual disease testing in stage 1 to 3 non-small cell lung cancer.

December 19, 2025

Vol.51 No.46

Guest Editorial

Mail-out colorectal cancer screening programs extend, rather than replace, clinical care

As a gastroenterologist, I’ve had the sobering experience of delivering a colorectal cancer diagnosis for far too many patients and family members. Some meant to get screened but never found the time. Others thought it didn’t apply to them or assumed it would be too inconvenient.

December 05, 2025

Vol.51 No.44

By Paul J. Limburg

Lung cancer screening: New guidelines, new challenges

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