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  2. New lung cancer screening guidelines include heavy smokers ...

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    More than 80% of people whose lung cancer was caught early through screening were still alive after 20 years, according to research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York ...

  3. Lung cancer screening - Wikipedia

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    The results showed that more frequent screening resulted in higher resectability rate (more early-stage detection) but made no difference in mortality from lung cancer. Chest x-ray screenings were found to detect 6 times as many new cancers as sputum tests, proving the disutility of sputum tests in lung cancer screening. [17]

  4. Who should worry about lung cancer? A doctor explains - AOL

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    The American Cancer Society has just updated their lung cancer screening guidelines in an effort to increase earlier detection. It expands the recommendation of yearly screening via low-dose CT ...

  5. More older former smokers need lung cancer screening, experts say

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    New lung cancer screening guidelines issued by the American Cancer Society (ACS) on Wednesday call for annual testing with low‐dose computed tomography (CT) for anyone aged 50 to 80 who was ...

  6. National Lung Screening Trial - Wikipedia

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    The National Lung Screening Trial was a United States-based clinical trial which recruited research participants between 2002 and 2004. [1] It was sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and conducted by the American College of Radiology Imaging Network and the Lung Screening Study Group. [1]

  7. Lung cancer - Wikipedia

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    Lung cancer most commonly metastasizes to the brain, bones, liver, and adrenal glands. [14] Lung cancer can often appear as a solitary pulmonary nodule on a chest radiograph or CT scan. In lung cancer screening studies as many as 30% of those screened have a lung nodule, the majority of which turn out to be benign. [15]