Should air pollution be a risk factor for lung cancer screening?

Air pollution is associated with over 4 million annual deaths worldwide, and the World Health Organization estimates that ambient air pollution is responsible for 29% of global lung cancer deaths. 

In this episode of Data Points we are joined by Dr. Vineet Khanna, a Radiologist and lead author of the recent paper Criteria for Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening in the Setting of Air Pollution, to discuss the data behind the correlation between air pollution and lung cancer, and his suggestions for how the global healthcare community can start to address the growing disease burden caused by air pollution. 

Mentioned in this episode: 

Criteria for Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening in the Setting of Air Pollution: A Discussion That's Long Overdue 

Air Pollution and Cigarette Equivalence

India Real-Time and Historic Air Quality 

State of Global Air

GEO Health Community of Practice

Additional resources: 

World Health Organization Indicator Groups: Ambient Air Pollution