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Understanding your chest CT and PET scans in lung cancer detection

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 ...
Houston Chronicle

CT scans could fill need for lung cancer detection

That is the question some current and former smokers have been asking themselves in the wake of widely publicized findings on the benefit of early lung cancer screening. The study, reported last week ...
European Medical Journal

Deep Learning Model Boosts Accuracy of CT Lung Screening

Deep learning model outperformed clinical tools, cutting false positives and enhancing accuracy in CT lung cancer screening ...
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 ...
WCPO Cincinnati

Artificial intelligence can predict lung cancer using one CT scan

Doctors can use artificial intelligence to determine your chance of lung cancer with a single CT scan. "By catching lung cancer early, we increase the overall survival," said Dr. Florian Fintelmann, a ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Study Shows Lung Cancer Mortality Decreases With Low-Dose CT Scans

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 ...
Southeast Missourian

Study: CT scans cut lung cancer deaths

WASHINGTON -- A major study shows giving heavy smokers special CT scans can detect lung cancer early enough to modestly lower their risk of death -- the first clear ...
Chicago Sun-Times

If you smoke or once did, get screened for lung cancer with a low-dose CT scan

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WVEC

Sentara Health promotes low-dose CT scan screening for early detection of lung cancer

NORFOLK, Va. — November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The disease often goes undetected until it reaches an ...
The Washington Post

A Lung Scan Raises Hopes and Doubts

MARSHFIELD, Wis. -- Walter Szalewski takes a deep breath and holds it for 30 seconds even though his lungs are a wreck. The electric gurney takes him through the scanner, which whrrs and chkks for the ...
News Medical

Atherosclerosis detection in lung cancer patients through CT scans

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, ...