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Low-Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT) Lung Cancer Screening in Asian Female Never-Smokers Is as Efficacious in Detecting Lung Cancer as in Asian Male Ever-Smokers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer in never-smokers is the major cancer cause of death globally. We compared the efficacy of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screening among never-smokers versus ever-smokers using systematic review and meta-analysis.

METHODS: LDCT lung cancer screening studies that simultaneously included both ever-smoker and never-smoker participants published by April 30, 2021, were searched through PubMed and Scopus. Primary outcome measure was relative risk (RR) of lung cancer diagnosed among never-smokers versus ever-smokers.

RESULTS: A total of 14 studies (13 from Asia) were included (141,396 ever-smokers, 109,251 never-smokers, 1961 lung cancer cases diagnosed). RR of lung cancer diagnosed between ever-smokers versus never-smokers overall was 1.21 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.89-1.65), 1.37 (95% CI: 1.08-1.75) among males, and 0.88 (95% CI: 0.59-1.31) among females. RR was 1.78 (95% CI: 1.41-2.24) and 1.22 (95% CI: 0.89-1.68) for Asian female never-smokers versus male never-smokers and versus male ever-smokers, respectively, and 0.99 (95% CI: 0.65-1.50) versus high-risk ever-smokers (≥30 pack-years). Proportional meta-analysis revealed significantly more lung cancers diagnosed at first scan (95.4% [95% CI: 84.9-100.0] versus 70.9% [95% CI: 54.6-84.9], p = 0.010) and at stage 1 (88.5% [95% CI: 79.3-95.4] versus 79.7% [95% CI: 71.1-87.4], p = 0.071) among never-smokers versus ever-smokers, respectively. RR of lung cancer death and 5-year all-cause mortality in never-smokers versus ever-smokers was 0.27 (95% CI: 0.1-0.55, p < 0.001) and 0.13 (95% CI: 0.05-0.33, p < 0.001), respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: The RR of lung cancer detected by LDCT screening among female never-smokers and male ever-smokers in Asia was statistically similar. Overall and lung cancer specific mortality from the lung cancer diagnosed from LDCT screening was significantly reduced among never-smokers compared to ever-smokers.

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