If your lung CT scan results are normal, that means your lungs are clear, and you won’t need another screening until your next yearly exam. Your scan may reveal a nodule on your lungs, but that ...

“It consists of having a yearly low-dose CT scan of the chest,” said pulmonologist with Avera Medical Group, pulmonary and ...

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

In radiation therapy, precision can save lives. Oncologists must carefully map the size and location of a tumor before delivering high-dose radiation to destroy cancer cells while sparing healthy ...

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

“We’re now able to see the invisible,” says Dr. Bradley Richmond, a pulmonologist who along with Dr. Michael Lester co-led the study. “XV LVAS technology gives us a window into parts of the lung we’ve ...

Are CT scans silently triggering a cancer epidemic — or are we being misled by speculative modeling and media-fueled fear? A ...

Lung Cancer is the most deadly cancer in the U.S. About 70% of people who develop lung cancer pass away within five years, ...

The National Lung Cancer Screening Program (NLCSP) will offer low-dose computed tomography (CT) scans to people aged 50-70 years who smoke or have a history of smoking and who don’t have the symptoms ...