UK: A recent study, known as the SUMMIT study, has provided strong evidence supporting the feasibility and effectiveness of ...

Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT could have saved tens of thousands of lives — if only we'd listened to the data back ...

Population-weighted estimates showed that fewer than 18% of eligible patients actually got a low-dose CT scan for lung cancer ...

Evidence of the beneficial effect of lung cancer screening by low-dose chest CT scans on lung cancer mortality reduction in a ...

Researchers conducted a prospective, longitudinal cohort study involving individuals with current or former habit, who had ...

Early detection is the key to surviving lung cancer, but Oklahomans rank 44th out of 47 states in early-stage diagnosis ...

In patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), low-dose CT achieved higher sensitivity than chest x-ray for detecting lung metastases and second primary lung cancer, but patients ...

A total of 2% of the eligible population was diagnosed with lung cancer after a positive screen on baseline CT, amounting to a number needed to screen being 49. 2. The sensitivity of the low-dose CT ...

Due to the destructive nature of COPD on patients’ lungs and well-being, timely diagnosis is key, and integrating spirometry ...

IU Health created a mobile health care resource offering low-dose CT scans. The mobile unit is in Sellersburg this week as ...