Your Lung Cancer Risk

If you smoke, the best way to lower your risk of lung cancer is to quit.

Fill in the information below to find out whether you are in the group where screening is recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force. The calculator will also indicate how much you stand to benefit from getting screened. This will help you better determine whether your potential benefit from screening outweighs the harms.

* INDICATES REQUIRED FIELDS

1. How old are you?*

2. What is your current smoking status?*

Smoker

Former Smoker

Never Smoker

2.1. At what age did you quit smoking for the last time?*

3. For how many years total have you smoked cigarettes?*

4. On average, how many cigarettes do/did you smoke per day?* There are 20 cigarettes in a pack.

5. What is your gender?

6. Are you covered by Medicare? 🏥

7. What is the highest grade or year of school you completed?

8. How would you describe your race/ ethnicity?

9. How tall are you? Help me convert centimeters to feet and inches.

ft.

in.

10. How much do you weigh? (lbs.) Help me convert kilograms to pounds.

11. Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have cancer?

Yes

12. Does your family have a history of lung cancer?

Yes

13. Have you ever been told by your doctor that you have chronic pulmonary disease also known as COPD (chronic bronchitis or emphysema)?

Yes

This page was last updated on 2/26/2025.

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Created by University of Michigan using the risk prediction model developed by Tammemägi et al. (2013). Selection criteria for lung-cancer screening. New England Journal of Medicine, 368(8): 728-736, 2013.

See publications for peer-reviewed articles regarding the design, development, and validation of this decision aid.

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