A system and method for lung cancer screening is provided. The system
includes a database including structured patient information for a
patient population and a domain knowledge base including information
about lung cancer; an individual patient record; and a processor for
analyzing the patient record with data from the database to determine if
a patient has indications of lung cancer. The method includes the steps
of inputting patient-specific data into a patient record; performing at
least one lung cancer screening procedure on a patient, wherein at least
one result from the at least one procedure is inputted into the patient
record in a structured format; and analyzing the patient record with a
domain knowledge base to determine if the patient has indications of lung
cancer.