Annual Chest X-rays Don’t Cut Lung Cancer Deaths A large multi-center study reports that annual chest X-ray screening offers no benefits over standard medical care in reducing deaths from lung cancer. The finding confirms the results of earlier, smaller studies, which suggested that chest X-rays aren’t an effective tool for reducing lung cancer deaths. X-ray […]

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Lung Cancer Awareness Month Every November, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other organizations join to recognize Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a national campaign aimed at raising attention to lung cancer and its impact on our Nation’s health. Lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, is largely […]

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Lung cancer can affect anyone, but not everyone is listening … … In preparation for Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November, my colleague Liat Kobza and I recently set up a camera and asked six Stanford physicians to share their thoughts about the disease. We were shocked by what we heard: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer […]

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Helical CT scans reduce lung cancer mortality by 20% compared to chest X-rays A national study of more than 53,000 current and former heavy smokers has demonstrated that helical CT scanning reduced lung cancer deaths by 20 percent compared to using chest X-rays. Constantine Gatsonis and colleagues at Brown’s Center for Statistical Sciences contributed methodologic […]

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