ACR awarded grant to expand lung cancer registry

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has received a $100,000 grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to promote early lung cancer screening.

The 12-month grant will enable the ACR to expand its ACR Lung Cancer Screening Registry to include a module that improves management of incidental pulmonary nodules (IPNs), ACR said.

“Among all incidentally detected findings on radiology examinations, IPNs are the most common significant — or potentially significant — finding requiring follow-up. Yet, sadly, workflows and processes are not in place to systematically make sure appropriate follow-up occurs,” noted Ella Kazerooni, MD, a physician co-advisor on the project, in a news release.

ACR is one of seven recipients receiving $100,000 in a grant program aiming to assist medical specialty societies in developing diagnostic performance feedback through clinical registries. The grant program is overseen by the University of California, San Francisco and the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, ACR added.