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If you're a smoker or have other risks for lung cancer, you may want to get a screening test. If your doctor spots something out of the ordinary on your chest X-ray or CT scan, they may ask you to ...
A study found a "significant" link between the frequency of chest X-ray referrals and improved survival rates for lung cancer ...
A groundbreaking study has revealed a significant link between the frequency of chest X-ray referrals from GPs and earlier ...
A new study in England shows a strong link between higher rates of chest x-ray referrals in general practice patients with symptoms, such as persistent cough, and earlier lung cancer diagnoses, along ...
This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Miriam Alexander about advances in lung cancer treatment in recent years. Dr. Alexander ...
Researchers have discovered that 'DEAD-box helicases 54 (DDX54)', a type of RNA-binding protein, is the master regulator that hinders the effectiveness of immunotherapy -- opening a new path for lung ...
The challenge? To avoid destroying healthy cells. “Once upon a time, the lung cancer cells were our normal lung cells,” before they changed or mutated, said Liu. According to the American Lung ...
In patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), low-dose CT achieved higher sensitivity than chest x-ray for detecting lung metastases and second primary lung cancer, but patients ...
SPRING is here and while many of us are jumping for joy, it is also the time of year when lots of people come down with a bug ...
The analysis also found that patients at practices with higher use of chest X-ray have slightly better survival. With only half of patients diagnosed with lung cancer being eligible for screening, the ...
Increased use of chest X-rays leads to earlier lung cancer diagnosis and improved survival rates, suggests a new study. Records of more than 170,000 lung cancer patients combined with chest x-ray ...