When doctors review diagnostic medical scans for lung cancer, they sometimes spot abnormalities unrelated to the lungs. New ...

Screening individuals for lung cancer with low-dose CT on a nonrisk basis is associated with a marked reduction in lung cancer mortality and better overall survival, reveals Chinese data.

PORTSMOUTH — Southern Ohio Medical Center's (SOMC) CT lung screening program has seen tremendous growth over the past decade, and has helped thousands of patients begin their fight against lung cancer ...

However, acting on these findings will place additional burdens on health systems, experts ...

After finding abnormalities on low-dose CT lung cancer screening, guidelines spell out appropriate follow-up imaging or procedures. A national registry study showed that only 59.7% of patients ...

Use of CT is proven to save lives in patients eligible for lung cancer screening, which includes most patients with COPD, said Barr, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Columbia University ...

There are only a few cancer diagnoses more terrifying than lung cancer. The disease is responsible for about one-third of all U.S. cancer deaths every year and only 15% of people diagnosed with it ...

Medicare's final decision to cover computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening gives seniors at high-risk for the disease access to care that can save more lives than any cancer screening test in ...

A new randomized trial from North Carolina suggests that digital tools like mPATH may slightly boost participation in CT lung cancer screening—yet the overall uptake remains strikingly low. Despite ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with a low-dose CT scan between June 2000 and December 2008 were followed for a median of 23.3 years.

Dawn Andersen lost her husband to lung cancer, and as a longtime smoker herself, she also was at high risk for the disease. So Loyola Medicine pulmonologist Sean Forsythe, MD, recommended Mrs.

Early detection is a proven, successful strategy for fighting many forms of cancer. Seattle Cancer Care Alliance offers screening with low-dose computed tomography (CT) for people at high risk for ...