If your lung CT scan results are normal, that means your lungs are clear, and you won’t need another screening until your next yearly exam. Your scan may reveal a nodule on your lungs, but that ...

Lung CT screenings use low-dose spiral commuted tomography (a CT or CAT scan) to look for signs of lung cancer — similar in many ways to how mammograms can screen for breast cancer.

Radiation oncologist Dr. Christopher Dolinsky reviews a CT scan as Ellis Hospital launches a new lung cancer screening program Tuesday May 13, 2014, in Schenectady, NY.

CT scans for lung cancer produce many false positives and much anxiety, researchers say. April 19, 2010 3:42 PM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. ... CT scans, however, ...

While CT scans can identify small tumors in the lung, some researchers say there is no proof yet that finding them actually saves lives. They say early detection may simply lead to a longer period ...

It's official: CT scans reduce the risk of death for heavy smokers with lung cancer by 20 percent compared to chest X-rays. After a nearly decade-long study, results from the National Lung ...

A government-sponsored study has found that annual CT scans could reduce the mortality rate from lung cancer in very heavy smokers and former smokers by 20 percent. Its leaders suggest that many ...

Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer among women and men in the United States, killing 426 people every day. Though the five-year survival rate for lung cancer is 17.7 percent, among the ...

Hospitals and radiology practices around the United States have increasingly begun using high-tech CT scans to screen people for lung cancer despite intense disagreement about whether the testing ...

Lung cancer doesn't have symptoms until it's in the later stages (3 and 4), when it has already spread, says Dr. Rachel Medberry See a list of screenings to do at home and to ask your doctor.

CT, or computed tomography, scans allow doctors to find the cancer in its earlier stages. The technology involves scanners that view the lungs and surrounding tissue at different angles and can ...