Woman Undergoes CT Scan in Supermarket Parking Lot, Discovers Early-Stage Lung Cancer: ‘Best Thing I’ve Ever Done’

Sandra Champkins hadn’t smoked for 10 years and showed no symptoms of lung cancer when an early screening program detected the disease ...
News Medical

New screening program using CT scan technology can help better detect lung cancer in smokers

The program is based on the findings of the National Lung Screening Trial, a study that compared CT scans and standard chest X-rays in detecting lung cancer. CT scans use X-rays to obtain a ...
Forbes

CT Scans And Possible Rising Cancers — A Closer Look

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Lung Cancer, Scan, Essay Can Be Used Only To Illustrate Cancer, ...
Medscape

Lung Cancer CT Is Chance for 'Opportunistic' Osteoporosis Check

Low-dose chest CT for lung cancer screening provides the opportunity to simultaneously screen patients for osteoporosis, detecting notably higher rates of osteoporosis in men than the traditional tool ...

Years After He Quit Smoking, a Lung Cancer Scan Saved His Life

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and older adults are at higher risk. But only ...
Medical Xpress

Deep learning model helps detect lung tumors on CT scans

A new deep learning model shows promise in detecting and segmenting lung tumors, according to a study published today in Radiology. The findings of the study could have important implications for lung ...
Medical Xpress

Comprehensive CT scans may help identify atherosclerosis among lung cancer patients

Several cardiovascular risk factors, such as advanced age and smoking history, are prevalent among lung cancer patients at the time of the diagnosis and increase their risk of future heart disease, ...
EurekAlert!

Unexpected findings on lung cancer CT scans may point to other non-lung cancers, study finds

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — When doctors review diagnostic medical scans for lung cancer, they sometimes spot abnormalities unrelated to the lungs. New research shows that some of those ...
Medscape

Raise CT Scan Lesion-Size Threshold for Lung Cancer Workup

When screening patients for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (CT), raising the nodule size threshold from 5 mm to 7 or 8 mm before starting a more intensive workup could result in fewer ...
Yale Environment 360

MEDIA ADVISORY: Lung Cancer: CT Scans Can Save Lives; Director of Yale Cancer Center Available to Speak

Nationally known lung cancer expert and director of the Yale Cancer Center Thomas Lynch, M.D., is available to speak about just-released government findings that CT scans can lower mortality from lung ...
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Unexpected findings on lung cancer CT scans may point to other non-lung cancers

When doctors review diagnostic medical scans for lung cancer, they sometimes spot abnormalities unrelated to the lungs. New research shows that some of those abnormalities could be signs of other ...