CT lung cancer screening no cure-all for smokers
Screening for lung cancer with computed tomography (CT) may help reduce lung cancer deaths in current and former smokers, but it won’t protect them from other causes of death associated with smoking, according to a new study published in the July issue of the journal Radiology.”Our study suggests that screening may be one way to reduce risk of death from lung cancer,” said the study’s lead author, Pamela McMahon, Ph.D., senior scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and instructor in radiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston. “However, the number-one goal should still be to quit smoking, because it will reduce risk of death from many causes, including lung cancer.”
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