For the past six years, Elyssa Barbaro has gotten screened for lung cancer. The 71-year-old New Yorker smoked for about 50 years, but she doubts she would have gotten an annual preventative CT scan if ...

A new study led by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, in collaboration with the University of North ...

BOSTON -- Whether low-dose CT screening for lung cancer should be expanded to include people who quit smoking more than 15 years ago, as the American Cancer Society (ACS) now recommends, was the topic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . 76% of newspaper articles on lung cancer screening were positive. Screening enrollment criteria, smoking ...

The latest updates in lung cancer screening guidelines will help address disparities in certain populations, but multiple barriers including access to programs and payer coverage remain issues. Recent ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The mPATH-Lung digital health program positively impacted chest CT completion and lung cancer screening orders ...

In the study, less intensive follow-up was associated with a lower lung cancer risk through 1 and 2 years, "but this still could have led to delays in diagnosis and a reduction in the mortality ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Local doctors are bringing hope to patients who may be at risk for developing lung cancer and other conditions in the chest area. The Temple Healthy Chest Initiative (THCI), a ...

The results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) have provided the medical community and American public with considerable optimism about the potential to reduce lung cancer mortality with ...

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Because an intervention’s clinical benefit depends on who receives it, a key to improving the efficiency of lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) is to incentivize its use ...

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has revealed it will offer free and confidential black lung screenings beginning in April 2024. According to a recent release, NIOSH ...