Lung cancer screening program: Experts mobilize after national clinical trial shows CT scanning reduces deaths by 20 percent

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 20:30 in Health & Medicine

Current and former heavy smokers can now be screened more effectively for lung cancer. Results from the National Lung Screening Trial revealed that detecting small lung cancers with computed tomography reduces lung cancer specific mortality by 20 percent.

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