HANCOCK COUNTY, W.Va. — Weirton Medical Center is adding to its toolbox when it comes to early detection for lung cancer, through its new Low Dose Lung CT Scanning Program. The program provides early ...
(WBIR-Knoxville) The University of Tennessee Medical Center is seeing an increase in the amount of patients opting for lung cancer screenings. A panel of medical experts recently recommended an annual ...
Are CT scans silently triggering a cancer epidemic — or are we being misled by speculative modeling and media-fueled fear? A new article warns of 103,000 additional cancers from diagnostic imaging, ...
With most lung cancers in India diagnosed at advanced stages, experts say low-dose CT screening for high-risk groups like ...
There's a new technology that's helping dramatically reduce lung cancer deaths. Low dose CT scans have revolutionized early lung cancer diagnosis and treatment, but sometimes it's hard to tell if the ...
DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. (KTIV) - Providing imaging that could save a life. Since June 2024, the CNOS Imaging Center in Dakota Dunes has provided low-dose CT lung screenings. “This is more of a preventative ...
Denoised ultra-low-dose CT can effectively diagnose pneumonia in immunocompromised patients using only 2% of the radiation ...
An unfortunate byproduct of CT scans is the possibility of exposing patients to high doses of radiation, which can increase cancer risk. For that reason, many experts recommend low-dose CT scanners.
According to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH), approximately one in 1,700 Mississippians will die of lung cancer. The leading cause of lung cancer is cigarette smoke and secondhand ...
Low-dose CT scans could reduce mortality in lung cancer patients by up to 20 percent, according to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine. From Aug. 2002 through April 2004, researchers ...
A low-dose CT scan is more effective than chest X-rays, doctors say, when it comes to catching lung cancer. A 31-year-old marathon runner thought she had norovirus. She was diagnosed with stage 3 ...