Low-dose CT scan helps detect lung cancer early, improving survival. Learn who needs LDCT screening, its benefits, risks and how it saves lives.

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 ...

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS — After hours, you'll find Jeff Todd out back in his Logansport garage working on his passion project, restoring a 1989 Jaguar XJS. He inherited the British Racing Green convertible with ...

RALEIGH,N .C. (WTVD) -- November is World Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and a new noninvasive x-ray screening is helping Triangle doctors detect early stage lung cancer. The new technology uses a ...

Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - Lung cancer is one of the cancers we see most in our region, but early detection can save your life. “Many times patients do not know they have it, or they’re not diagnosed ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Low-dose CT scans are saving lives by finding lung cancer earlier. However, those tests have an even bigger value in overall health. Lung cancer survival has risen since the US ...

CT Screening Low Risk Nodules Suspicious Nodules False Positives Coping With a Cancer Diagnosis If you meet the criteria for lung cancer screening — meaning you are or have a history of being a heavy ...

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the United States. Every year, lung cancer claims more lives than breast, prostate and colon cancer combined. The reason is it so deadly? It often ...

IU Health's mobile lung unit offers low-dose CT scans for high-risk individuals in Indiana, promoting early detection and ...