Your life? Yes, 5 crumpled Andy Jacksons can save your life, as was reported earlier this year in a front page article in The Plain Dealer, Cleveland’s only daily newspaper. University Hospitals is ...

WASHINGTON - "Spiral" CT scans cut lung cancer deaths in smokers by 20 percent, researchers reported Thursday in a finding that validates a controversial theory that screening can save lives. The ...

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 evidence that a screening test may help fight the ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Screening smokers and former smokers for lung tumors using three-dimensional X-rays reduced their risk of dying from lung cancer by 20 percent, researchers said on ...

DALLAS, April 5 – The accuracy of diagnosing a blocked brain vessel in an emergency setting improved nearly 100 percent when physicians used a high-speed CT scanner, researchers report in today’s ...

A National Cancer Institute trial found that screening by 3-dimensional X-ray tests known as "spiral CT scans" reduced lung cancer deaths by 20 percent over five years. But the test has its drawbacks, ...

It is billed as great news for smokers and ex-smokers. A report in Radiology, covering the National Cancer Institute's National Lung Cancer Screening Trial, shows death from lung cancer can be cut 20% ...

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A new type of CT scan touted as a means of detecting lung cancer at its earliest stages is unproven, can lead to invasive testing and would probably not be cost-effective as a widespread screening ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — In a major new study announced today by the National Cancer Institute, researchers including Brown University biostatistian Constantine Gatsonis and his ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - "Spiral" CT scans cut lung cancer deaths in smokers by 20 percent, researchers reported on Thursday in a finding that validates a controversial theory that screening can ...

WASHINGTON — “Spiral” CT scans cut lung cancer deaths in smokers by 20 percent, researchers reported Thursday in a finding that validates a controversial theory that screening can save lives. The ...