Study Finds That Annual Screening with Chest X-Ray Does Not Reduce Rate of Lung Cancer Deaths
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
In a trial that included more than 150,000 participants, those who underwent annual chest radiographic screening for up to 4 years did not have a significantly lower rate of death from lung cancer compared to participants who were not screened, according to a study in the November 2 issue of JAMA.