ABSTRACT
Objective:To explore the role of active screening in the diagnosis and treatment of early lung cancer, and give health management recommendations.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted to collect lung cancer patients who had complete population sociology, clinical information, pathology and imaging characteristics in the Thoracic Surgery in Xiangya Hospital of Central South University from 2016 to 2019. According to different diagnostic modes, they were divided into an active screening group (1082 cases) and a passive case finding group (974 cases), to analyze their differences in demographic sociological, clinical information, pathology and imaging characteristics, and to discuss the key points of population management in the active screening group.Results:From 2016 to 2019, the proportion of lung cancer patients in the active screening group increased from 36.1% to 54.2%, and the proportion of patients found to have lung cancer by CT examination in the active screening group increased from 82.2% to 96.8%. Compared with the passive case finding group, the active screening group had a higher proportion of women, non-smokers, patients with precursor glandular lesions and adenocarcinoma, patients in stage 0 and stage I, patients with lesion diameter (d)≤1 cm and 1<d≤2 cm, patients with sublobectomy and lymph node sampling (46.9% vs 32.9%, 59.2% vs 43.8%, 4.0% vs 2.1%, 80.5% vs 56.8%, 4.0% vs 2.1%, 72.0% vs 56.8%, 14.5% vs 7.6%, 42.5% vs 33.3%, 6.3% vs 2.9%, 2.4% vs 1.0%, respectively, all P<0.05). Conclusion:Active screening is helpful to find early lung cancer, and the health management and physical examination center should pay attention to the management of such physical examination population.