The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Lung Cancer Risk for Patients Undergoing Cardiac Chest Computed Tomography: Identification of a New High-Risk Population for Lung Cancer Screening

By Lillian L. Tsai, Chinasa Anokwuru, Ntemena Kapula, Leah M. Backhus

Figure 1 from The Annals of Thoracic Surgery — Figure 1. Tsai et al.

Cohort study of 31,684 peoplePopulations

Declared no competing interests

The paper

Lillian L. Tsai, Chinasa Anokwuru, Ntemena Kapula, Leah M. Backhus

Stanford Medicine; VA Palo Alto Health Care System

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 18 Aug 2026

doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.08.003 PubMed 42612958

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