The reporting of pulmonary nodule results by letter in a lung cancer screening setting

• DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2022.04.009
• Publication Date: 2022-04-20T21:07:49Z
• Authors: Jennifer L Dickson; Amyn Bhamani; Samantha L Quaife; Carolyn Horst; Sophie Tisi; Helen Hall; Priyam Verghese; Andrew Creamer; Ruth Prendecki; John McCabe; Kylie Gyertson; Vicky Bowyer; Ethaar El-Emir; Alice Cotton; Simranjit Mehta; Fanta Bojang; Claire Levermore; Anne-Marie Mullin; Jonathan Teague; Laura Farrelly; Arjun Nair; Anand Devaraj; Allan Hackshaw; Sam M Janes
• Keywords: Lung Neoplasms; Solitary pulmonary nodule; Communication; Patient satisfaction; 16. Peace & justice; Article; Telephone; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Early detection of cancer; Humans; Mass Screening; Multiple Pulmonary Nodules; Prospective Studies; Referral and Consultation; Early Detection of Cancer

Pulmonary nodules are commonly found in Lung Cancer Screening (LCS), with results typically communicated by face-to-face or telephone consultation. Providing LCS on a population basis requires resource efficient and scalabe communication methods. Written provides one such method. Here, we assess participant satisfaction this approach setting investigate characteristics associated dissatisfaction.