CT Better At Detecting Lung Cancer Than X-Rays
07/01/2018 04:39
CT Better At Detecting Lung Cancer Than X-Rays.
Routinely screening longtime smokers and one-time overloaded smokers for lung cancer using CT scans can clip the death rate by 20 percent compared to those screened by chest X-ray, according to a vital US government study. The National Lung Screening Trial included more than 53000 stylish and former heavy smokers aged 55 to 74 who were randomly chosen to sustain either a "low-dose helical CT" scan or a chest X-ray once a year for three years '
Routinely screening longtime smokers and one-time overloaded smokers for lung cancer using CT scans can clip the death rate by 20 percent compared to those screened by chest X-ray, according to a vital US government study. The National Lung Screening Trial included more than 53000 stylish and former heavy smokers aged 55 to 74 who were randomly chosen to sustain either a "low-dose helical CT" scan or a chest X-ray once a year for three years '