November is lung cancer awareness about and now lung cancer clinicians and others have something to celebrate. Despite the fact that lung cancer kills more people in the U.S. than breast, colorectal, pancreatic and prostate cancers combined, lung cancer screening options are limited.
The results of the National Lung Screening Trial demonstrate that computed tomography (CT) imaging is better than X rays at detecting lung cancer in current and former smokers, populations most likely at risk for developing lung cancer. The use of helical CT lead to a 20% reduction in lung cancer deaths in these groups.
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