Medicare To Cover Low-Dose CT Scans For Those At High Risk For Lung Cancer

Lung cancer is recognized as the most deadly cancer in men and women in the US, leading to more deaths than breast, colon and pancreatic cancers combined. Nearly 160,000 Americans were projected to die from lung cancer in 2014, based on data from the American Lung Association (ALA). And the cause of these lung cancers in over 90 percent of patients is related to cigarette smoking.

Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 17, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Glatter, MD Source Type: news