News tagged with spiral ct
Low levels of serum bilirubin spell higher lung cancer risk for male smokers
Elevated levels of bilirubin in the blood get attention in the clinic because they often indicate that something has gone wrong with the liver. Now researchers have found that male smokers with low levels of the yellow-tinged ...
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Apr 07, 2013 |
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Offering lung cancer screening as an insurance benefit would save lives at a relatively low cost
Lung cancer is the most lethal cancer in the United States. According to the National Cancer Institute, lung cancer causes more than 150,000 deaths annually and has a survival rate of 16 percent. More Americans die of lung ...
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Apr 10, 2012 |
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Screening with low-dose spiral CT scanning reduces lung cancer deaths by 20 percent
Current or heavy smokers who were screened with low-dose spiral computed tomography (CT) scanning had a 20 percent reduction in deaths from lung cancer than did those who were screened by chest X-ray, according ...
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Jun 29, 2011 |
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Findings could lead to a blood test for lung cancer
Researchers have identified characteristic patterns of molecules called microRNA (miRNA) in the blood of people with lung cancer that might reveal both the presence and aggressiveness of the disease, and perhaps who is at ...
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May 12, 2011 |
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