| Literature DB >> 28273181 |
Deirdre F Sheehan1, Steven D Criss1, G Scott Gazelle1,2,3, Pari V Pandharipande1,2, Chung Yin Kong1,2.
Abstract
More than half of males in China are current smokers and evidence from western countries tells us that an unprecedented number of smoking-attributable deaths will occur as the Chinese population ages. We used the China Lung Cancer Policy Model (LCPM) to simulate effects of computed tomography (CT)-based lung cancer screening in China, comparing the impact of a screening guideline published in 2015 by a Chinese expert group to a version developed for the United States by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The China LCPM, built using an existing lung cancer microsimulation model, can project population outcomes associated with interventions for smoking-related diseases. After calibrating the model to published Chinese smoking prevalence and lung cancer mortality rates, we simulated screening from 2016 to 2050 based on eligibility criteria from the CMS and Chinese guidelines, which differ by age to begin and end screening, pack-years smoked, and years since quitting. Outcomes included number of screens, mortality reduction, and life-years saved for each strategy. We projected that in the absence of screening, 14.98 million lung cancer deaths would occur between 2016 and 2050. Screening with the CMS guideline would prevent 0.72 million deaths and 5.8 million life-years lost, resulting in 6.58% and 1.97% mortality reduction in males and females, respectively. Screening with the Chinese guideline would prevent 0.74 million deaths and 6.6 million life-years lost, resulting in 6.30% and 2.79% mortality reduction in males and females, respectively. Through 2050, 1.43 billion screens would be required using the Chinese screening strategy, compared to 988 million screens using the CMS guideline. In conclusion, CT-based lung cancer screening implemented in 2016 and based on the Chinese screening guideline would prevent about 20,000 (2.9%) more lung cancer deaths through 2050, but would require about 445 million (44.7%) more screens than the CMS guideline.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28273181 PMCID: PMC5342219 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173119
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
China-specific input parameters and calibration targets of the Lung Cancer Policy Model.
| Definition | Values | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoking prevalence | Proportion of the adult population (age >15) who currently smoke cigarettes |
| China Health and Nutrition Survey |
| Smoking cessation rate | Proportion of current smokers who quit smoking cigarettes each year |
| Levy et al 2014 |
| Cigarettes per day | Cigarettes smoked per day by current smokers |
| Chen et al 2015; Ng et al 2015; Qian et al 2010 |
| Other-cause mortality | Mortality rate for causes other than lung cancer | Individualized based on age and sex | Global Burden of Disease, 1990 and 2010 |
| Lung cancer mortality | Number of lung cancer deaths |
| GLOBOCAN 2012 |
| Lung cancer histology distribution | Percent of total lung cancer cases diagnosed as each histological subtype |
| Kong et al 2014 |
Fig 1Smoking prevalence calibration, males.
Model smoking prevalence calibrated to data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS).
Fig 2Smoking prevalence calibration, females.
Model smoking prevalence calibrated to data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS).
Fig 3Lung cancer mortality calibration.
Model output and calibration targets from GLOBOCAN.
Fig 4Number of people eligible for screening, based on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) or Chinese National Guideline (CNG) criteria.
Fig 5Cumulative lung cancer-specific mortality reduction, 2016–2050.
Percent mortality reduction predicted by the Lung Cancer Policy Model is shown for males and females, both separately and combined, following screening with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) criteria and screening with Chinese national guideline (CNG) criteria.
Fig 6Mortality reduction by birth cohort for males.
Fig 7Mortality reduction by birth cohort for females.
Number of lung cancer deaths (% of lung cancer deaths) among current, former, and never smokers for male and female through 2050 following implementation of screening in 2016 with CMS or Chinese National Guideline (CNG) eligibility.
| CMS | CNG | |
|---|---|---|
| Current | 5,121,750 (59.2) | 5,064,225 (58.4) |
| Former | 3,379,508 (39.1) | 3,462,941 (39.9) |
| Never | 146,933 (1.7) | 146,933 (1.7) |
| Current | 1,516,785 (27.0) | 1,467,832 (26.4) |
| Former | 747,049 (13.3) | 749,120 (13.4) |
| Never | 3,351,513 (59.7) | 3,351,513 (60.2) |