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  2. Lung cancer screening - Wikipedia

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    Chest x-ray screenings were found to detect 6 times as many new cancers as sputum tests, proving the disutility of sputum tests in lung cancer screening. [17] However, the results from the Mayo Lung Project and the Hopkins and Memorial Sloan-Kettering studies were eventually discredited, due to failure to account for lead time and length time ...

  3. Cancer screening - Wikipedia

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    Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, and is the cause of death in 55% of women and 70% of men with lung cancer. [39] The US Preventative Service Task Force revised the recommendations for lung cancer screening in 2021, where annual LDCT is recommended for adults between the ages 50 and 80, who either currently smoke or have a history of ...

  4. Simple lung cancer screening test is easy, painless — and ...

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    A simple CT scan can slash the risk of dying from lung cancer, the No. 1 global cancer killer. But not enough people are getting it. Simple lung cancer screening test is easy, painless — and ...

  5. National Lung Screening Trial - Wikipedia

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    The National Lung Screening Trial was a United States-based clinical trial which recruited research participants between 2002 and 2004. [1] It was sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and conducted by the American College of Radiology Imaging Network and the Lung Screening Study Group. [1]

  6. Freeman Health System highlights lifesaving lung cancer ...

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    Dr. Slocum at the Freeman Health System Lung Institute says a low-dose chest CT scan is a rapid test looking for nodules. “At least 97% of the initial nodules that we see are not going to be ...

  7. Lung cancer - Wikipedia

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    Lung cancer is the most diagnosed and deadliest cancer worldwide, with 2.2 million cases in 2020 resulting in 1.8 million deaths. [3] Lung cancer is rare in those younger than 40; the average age at diagnosis is 70 years, and the average age at death 72. [2] Incidence and outcomes vary widely across the world, depending on patterns of tobacco use.

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