Screening with low-dose spiral CT scanning reduces lung cancer deaths by 20 percent
Posted on June 30th, 2011 by tel
Screening with low-dose spiral CT scanning reduces lung cancer deaths by 20 percent
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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 to results from a decade-long, large clinical trial that involved more than 53,000 people.
Sourced from: ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News
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