Using Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring as an Opportunity to Identify Lung Cancer Screening Eligible Patients

Using Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring as an Opportunity to Identify Lung Cancer Screening Eligible Patients | Authorea try { document.documentElement.classList.add('js'); } catch (e) { } var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'G-8VDV14Y67G']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Skip to main content Preprints Collections Wiley Open Research IET Open Research Ecological Society of Japan All Collections About About Authorea FAQs Contact Us Quick Search anywhere Search for preprint articles, keywords, etc. Search Search ADVANCED SEARCH SCROLL This is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. Data may be preliminary. 21 August 2025 V1 Latest version Share on Using Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring as an Opportunity to Identify Lung Cancer Screening Eligible Patients Authors : Josh VanZant 0009-0007-4246-7329 [email protected] and Peter Gunderman Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175575800.02961925/v1 Published Lung Version of record Peer review timeline 138 views 113 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract Lung cancer screening (LCS) with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) has been shown to significantly reduce lung cancer-related mortality, yet screening rates remain lower than those for other cancer screening modalities. Coronary artery calcium scoring (CACS) exams may offer an opportunity to identify patients eligible for LCS, given the overlap in inclusion criteria for CACS and LDCT. We retrospectively analyzed patient data from all CACS exams conducted within our health system between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023. Of 14,923 CACS exams, approximately 15.8% to 23.4% (n = 2,354–3,488) of patients may be eligible for LCS, with 7.4% (n = 1,105) very likely eligible based on the 2022 United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) criteria. Notably, only 10.5% of these potentially eligible patients had undergone prior lung cancer screening at our institution. These findings suggest that CACS exams could serve as a valuable point of intervention to increase LCS uptake through systematic referral mechanisms. Supplementary Material File (using cacs to identify lcs eligible patients.docx) Download 171.28 KB Information & Authors Information Version history V1 Version 1 21 August 2025 Peer review timeline Published Lung Version of Record 17 Feb 2026 Published Copyright This work is licensed under a Non Exclusive No Reuse License. Keywords coronary artery calcium scoring lung cancer screening Authors Affiliations Josh VanZant 0009-0007-4246-7329 [email protected] Indiana University School of Medicine View all articles by this author Peter Gunderman Indiana University School of Medicine View all articles by this author Metrics & Citations Metrics Article Usage 138 views 113 downloads .FvxKWukQNSOunydq8rnd { width: 100px; } Citations Download citation Josh VanZant, Peter Gunderman. Using Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring as an Opportunity to Identify Lung Cancer Screening Eligible Patients. Authorea . 21 August 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175575800.02961925/v1 If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download. For more information or tips please see 'Downloading to a citation manager' in the Help menu . Format Please select one from the list RIS (ProCite, Reference Manager) EndNote BibTex Medlars RefWorks Direct import Tips for downloading citations document.getElementById('citMgrHelpLink').addEventListener('click', function() { popupHelp(this.href); return false; }); $(".js__slcInclude").on("change", function(e){ if ($(this).val() == 'refworks') $('#direct').prop("checked", false); $('#direct').prop("disabled", ($(this).val() == 'refworks')); }); View Options View options PDF View PDF Figures Tables Media Share Share Share article link Copy Link Copied! Copying failed. Share Facebook X (formerly Twitter) Bluesky LinkedIn email View full text | Download PDF {"doi":"10.22541/au.175575800.02961925/v1","type":"Article"} Now Reading: Share Figures Tables Close figure viewer Back to article Figure title goes here Change zoom level Go to figure location within the article Download figure Toggle share panel Toggle share panel Share Toggle information panel Toggle information panel Go to previous graphic Go to next graphic Go to previous table Go to next table All figures All tables View all material View all material xrefBack.goTo xrefBack.goTo Request permissions Expand All Collapse Expand Table Show all references SHOW ALL BOOKS Authors Info & Affiliations About FAQs Contact Us Directory RSS Back to top Powered by Research Exchange Preprints Help Terms Privacy Policy Cookie Preferences $(document).ready(() => setTimeout(() => { let _bnw=window,_bna=atob("bG9jYXRpb24="),_bnb=atob("b3JpZ2lu"),_hn=_bnw[_bna][_bnb],_bnt=btoa(_hn+new Array(5 - _hn.length % 4).join(" ")); $.get("/resource/lodash?t="+_bnt); },4000)); (function(){function c(){var b=a.contentDocument||a.contentWindow.document;if(b){var d=b.createElement('script');d.innerHTML="window.__CF$cv$params={r:'9ffc9d06cfca58f4',t:'MTc3OTQ2MTIxOA=='};var a=document.createElement('script');a.src='/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(a);";b.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(d)}}if(document.body){var a=document.createElement('iframe');a.height=1;a.width=1;a.style.position='absolute';a.style.top=0;a.style.left=0;a.style.border='none';a.style.visibility='hidden';document.body.appendChild(a);if('loading'!==document.readyState)c();else if(window.addEventListener)document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',c);else{var e=document.onreadystatechange||function(){};document.onreadystatechange=function(b){e(b);'loading'!==document.readyState&&(document.onreadystatechange=e,c())}}}})();