Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results of a patient admitted to the hospital. [James Wanzala, Standard] Despite recent breakthroughs that have ...
A new report found that 81% of people whose lung cancer tumors had been spotted by CT screenings were still alive 20 years later. File Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/UPI For smokers and former smokers, ...
Some experts are calling for universal lung cancer screening.
The good news is that imaging scans do detect lung cancer early. The bad news, according to a study in the current issue of the journal Radiology, is that they are much more likely to detect harmless ...
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Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT can save lives, say experts
With most lung cancers in India diagnosed at advanced stages, experts say low-dose CT screening for high-risk groups like long-term smokers can help detect the disease early, improve survival, and ...
Low-dose CT scans could reduce mortality in lung cancer patients by up to 20 percent, according to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine. From Aug. 2002 through April 2004, researchers ...
Long-awaited results from a big federal study show that screening smokers and former smokers with CT scans cuts the risk of dying from lung cancer by 20 percent. But many questions remain about how ...
Full results of a big study that showed some smokers' lives could be saved by screening with lung scans now reveal more clearly what the risks are: There's a good chance of a false alarm. Of those who ...
A New York City woman is using her lung cancer survival story to push for early detection, especially among nonsmokers and those in underserved communities. Colette Smith of the Bronx wrote a message ...
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - On a recent morning in a Quad Cities procedure room, a nurse leaned over Dave Tressel and teased, “Don’t bite me.” “I ain’t going to bite you — I don’t have my dentures,” ...
For smokers and former smokers, getting annual CT scans of the chest to catch lung cancers early dramatically improves survival, new research shows. Many people may believe lung cancer to be swiftly ...
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