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preventive medicine 2
bingousmle - 04-10-10 01:03
You are seeing a 58-year-old smoker for a routine health examination. You have counseled him on discontinuing tobacco use, and he is considering that alternative. He denies coughing, shortness of breath, or hemoptysis. Which of the following is a recommended screen for lung cancer in this patient?
a. He should not be screened for lung cancer
b. Chest x-ray
c. Chest CT
d. Sputum cytology
e. Bronchoscopy
bingousmle - 04-10-10 01:03
You are seeing a 58-year-old smoker for a routine health examination. You have counseled him on discontinuing tobacco use, and he is considering that alternative. He denies coughing, shortness of breath, or hemoptysis. Which of the following is a recommended screen for lung cancer in this patient?
a. He should not be screened for lung cancer
b. Chest x-ray
c. Chest CT
d. Sputum cytology
e. Bronchoscopy
The correct answer and explanation will be available after you answer.
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Re: preventive medicine 2 conym5 - 04-10-10 09:51 My answer is: a.
there are no screenings tests for for lung cancer..because there is no proven dicreased mortalityy rate with the screenings tests ..
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Re: preventive medicine 2 babbu5508 - 06-18-10 13:24 My answer is: a.
It has not yet been shown that screening for lung cancer with any tests decreases the chance of dying from lung cancer
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