Your life? Yes, 5 crumpled Andy Jacksons can save your life, as was reported earlier this year in a front page article in The Plain Dealer, Cleveland’s only daily newspaper. University Hospitals is ...

WASHINGTON - "Spiral" CT scans cut lung cancer deaths in smokers by 20 percent, researchers reported Thursday in a finding that validates a controversial theory that screening can save lives. The ...

A major study shows giving heavy smokers special CT scans can detect lung cancer early enough to modestly lower their risk of death – the first clear evidence that a screening test may help fight the ...

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. In a major new ...

A new study of non-solid lung nodules, followed via annual spiral/low-dose CT scans among smokers and ex-smokers, shows that that type of nodule can be safely followed with imaging, avoiding needless ...

A new study in today’s New England Journal of Medicine lends further support to several recent evaluations of the utility of low-dose, spiral CT scans of the chest to detect lung cancer earlier in ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - "Spiral" CT scans cut lung cancer deaths in smokers by 20 percent, researchers reported on Thursday in a finding that validates a controversial theory that screening can ...

A National Cancer Institute trial found that screening by 3-dimensional X-ray tests known as "spiral CT scans" reduced lung cancer deaths by 20 percent over five years. But the test has its drawbacks, ...

DALLAS, April 5 – The accuracy of diagnosing a blocked brain vessel in an emergency setting improved nearly 100 percent when physicians used a high-speed CT scanner, researchers report in today’s ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) - A special type of CT scan can detect lung cancer early enough to save some lives, the National Cancer Institute announced Thursday -- the first evidence that a screening test may ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Screening smokers and former smokers for lung tumors using three-dimensional X-rays reduced their risk of dying from lung cancer by 20 percent, researchers said on ...