Although Lung Cancer Awareness Month is observed nationally in November, a woman who attended a Let’s Hear It meet-up said ...

(WBIR-Knoxville) The University of Tennessee Medical Center is seeing an increase in the amount of patients opting for lung cancer screenings. A panel of medical experts recently recommended an annual ...

In a study of more than 31,000 adults, an EHR-integrated patient-facing tool significantly improved identification of ...

With most lung cancers in India diagnosed at advanced stages, experts say low-dose CT screening for high-risk groups like ...

Low-dose CT screening in a high-risk population detected lung cancer in 2.0% of participants, with nearly 80% of cases diagnosed at stage I or II. The screening protocol demonstrated 97.0% sensitivity ...

Annual low-dose CT screening has been recently shown to result in high cure rates of over 80%, but methods of conducting a lung cancer screening program vary and best practices have yet to emerge. To ...

Aug. 21, 2003 — Two-year results look promising for the use of low-dose spiral computed tomography (CT) with selective use of positron emission tomography (PET) in screening smokers for lung cancer, ...

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 ...

A machine learning lung cancer risk prediction model outperformed logistic regression, supporting improved risk assessment and more efficient radiology based lung cancer screening.

INDIANAPOLIS — Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the United States. Every year, lung cancer claims more lives than breast, prostate and colon cancer combined. The reason is it so deadly? It often ...

Do you know that, if you are a current or former smoker, there is a test that is more likely to save your life than a yearly mammogram or a screening colonoscopy? Of all malignancies, lung cancer is ...