That study of some 50,000 smokers and others at risk for lung cancer will assign part of the group to traditional chest X-rays, the rest to CT scans, and then compare the lung cancer death rates ...

Lung cancer kills more people in the United States than any other form of cancer. Buta new, major government study finds lung cancer screenings with CAT scans can dramatically reduce that death toll.

CT scans of smokers' lungs could reduce lung cancer deaths by 20 percent. June 29, 2011— -- Phyllis Curtis of Baltimore said she might not be alive today if she hadn't heard an advertisement ...

CT Scans Can Detect Lung Cancer That X-Rays Cannot. By ABC News. August 15, 2006, 1:34 PM. Nov. 10, 2005 — -- Colleen Crayton smoked for more than 40 years before she quit.

Australia has launched its first lung cancer screening program, which targets current and recent smokers with biennial ...

In 1984, lung cancer became the No. 1 cancer killer of both men and women. ... CT scan for lung cancer can benefit most at risk Annual test may help smokers and former smokers 55 to 74.

Screening heavy smokers for lung cancer with a CT scan could potentially prevent thousands of deaths from lung cancer a year, a new study suggests. According to the study researchers, if all ...

Learn about the benefits, risks, and accuracy of low dose CT scans for lung cancer detection, as well as who should be screened for lung cancer, and how often screening should occur.

WASHINGTON — Screening smokers and ex-smokers with high-tech CT scans has been shown for the first time to significantly cut deaths from lung cancer, the leading cancer killer, federal health ...

CT screening prevented about 80 lung cancer deaths over six years in the National Cancer Institute study, but 16 study participants died after CT screening, including six who did not have lung cancer.

DURING SCREENING SEASON, which runs from March to December, LUCAS sets off on Mondays from the cancer institute in Morgantown ...