Lung cancer significantly contributes to the overall cancer burden, with approximately 1,200 new cases and over 800 deaths recorded each year.

Emphysema detected on baseline low-dose chest CT (LDCT) in the lung cancer screening cohort of more than 9,000 asymptomatic ...

"Until now, we didn't know if baseline visual emphysema scoring on LDCT in the lung cancer screening setting had any ...

A PET scan is often used to help determine a cancer diagnosis. A positron emission tomography (PET) scan uses a tracer with low levels of radiation to find places in your body where cells are ...

Advancements in screening technology have greatly improved, and today health care providers use a low-dose CT scan. Patients ...

The use of PET-CT scans may help identify subclinical GCA and malignancies among patients with PMR, even in the absence of overt clinical symptoms.

For smokers and former smokers, getting annual CT scans of the chest to catch lung cancers early dramatically improves survival, new research shows.

An image from a CT scan showing a set of lungs. The test for lung-cancer screening uses a low dose of radiation. iStockphoto ...

While all types of cancer screenings can help find cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions for early intervention there is one that provides early detection of lung cancer. It's a simple CT scan.

He advises patients navigating lung cancer screening or a lung cancer diagnosis to have the images reviewed by a subspecialty radiologist given the complexity of interpreting chest CT and PET scans.