Lung Cancer Screening Study Spurs Optimism, Caution
New results from a large, observational study suggest that using spiral computed tomography (CT) to screen people at increased risk for lung cancer can detect the disease at an early stage and may increase the number of people who can be cured. Currently, the vast majority of lung cancer diagnoses aren’t made until the disease is well advanced, and most of these patients die within 5 years.
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