Lung cancer screening works better when individual risk factors are taken into account, study says
New research estimates that in a single year, some 5,000 lung cancer deaths might be averted if some former smokers who don ’t currently qualify for lung-cancer screening were to get a computed tomography scan capable of detecting malignancy.The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which lays down...
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - Category: Science Authors: Melissa Healy Source Type: news
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