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  2. New lung cancer screening guidelines include heavy smokers ...

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    According to the cancer society's estimates, there will be 238,340 new cases of lung cancer and 127,070 deaths from the disease this year. Lung cancer is so deadly because most people aren't ...

  3. Do you need a lung cancer screening? See if you qualify - AOL

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    In Texas, only 10.6% of people who would qualify get screened, according to the American Lung Association's State of Lung Cancer Report. Texas ranks 46th in the country for lung cancer screenings ...

  4. Cape Cod Healthcare will participate in study focused on ...

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    Sponsored by Freenome Bio, the PROACT LUNG study will measure the accuracy of a screening blood test for lung cancer in current and former smokers 50 and older who are eligible for lung screening ...

  5. Lung cancer screening - Wikipedia

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    The 2021 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines recommend annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography in adults aged 50 to 80 years who have a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years. [6]

  6. Squamous-cell carcinoma of the lung - Wikipedia

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    Squamous-cell carcinoma of the lung is closely correlated with a history of tobacco smoking, more so than most other types of lung cancer.According to the Nurses' Health Study, the relative risk of SCC is approximately 5.5, both among those with a previous duration of smoking of 1 to 20 years, and those with 20 to 30 years, compared to never-smokers. [2]

  7. Cancer screening - Wikipedia

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    The consequences of overdiagnosis and overtreatment resulting from cancer screening can lead to a decline in quality of life, due to the adverse effects of unnecessary medication and hospitalization. [10] [12] [13] The accuracy of a cancer screening test relies on its sensitivity, and low sensitivity screening tests can overlook cancers. [10]

  8. More older former smokers need lung cancer screening, experts say

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    New lung cancer screening guidelines issued by the American Cancer Society (ACS) on Wednesday call for annual testing with low‐dose computed tomography (CT) for anyone aged 50 to 80 who was ...

  9. 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]

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