Over the past few years, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations have expanded screening criteria for several types of cancer. In most of these cases, screenings are now recommended at an earlier age. These changes reflect new research as well as trends that show increasing rates of cancer in younger age groups. Here are
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The United States Preventive Services Task Force updated its 2013 lung cancer screening guidelines in March 2021 to expand the population that should be screened. The recommendation for low dose chest CT screening now includes adults aged 50 to 80 years who have a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within