The new lung cancer screening program needs to be independently evaluated to keep it on track, and to minimise the harms.

From July, eligible Australians will be screened for lung cancer as part of the nation's first new cancer screening program ...

Screening for lung cancer using low-dose CT scans can save lives, but at a cost: Tests frequently produce anxiety-producing false alarms and prompt unnecessary procedures. A study from the ...

HealthDay News — Among individuals eligible for lung cancer screening (LCS), use of breast cancer screening (BCS) and colorectal cancer screening (CCS) is much higher than use of LCS, according ...

Expanding eligibility criteria for lung cancer screening to include 20-year smoking history without requiring a certain ...

The American College of Chest Physicians has released new lung cancer screening guidelines with updated recommendations and evidence. The manuscript has been submitted to CHEST for publication and ...

The Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act would be an important step in achieving our shared vision where lung cancer is diagnosed early and treated effectively.

(WJAR) — A new lung screening and nodule program opened at The Miriam Hospital as part of the Lifespan Cancer Institute. "Only about 6% of them actually get screened [nationally]," said Dr. Hina ...

In a study of 1486 patients screened for lung cancer between March 2017 and November 2018 as part of the Ontario Health Lung Cancer Screening Pilot for People at High Risk, coronary artery calcium ...

According to the statistics from the American Cancer Society, 14% of all new cancer diagnoses are lung cancer. In 2018, there were 234,030 new cases in the U.S. — 121,680 ...

Delfi Diagnostics, a well-funded startup in the burgeoning field of creating blood tests to detect cancer, said on Monday that it is launching a new test, FirstLook Lung, to try to identify people ...