Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results of a patient admitted to the hospital. [James Wanzala, Standard] Despite recent breakthroughs that have ...

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For smokers and former smokers, getting annual CT scans of the chest to catch lung cancers early dramatically improves survival, new research shows. Many people may believe lung cancer to be swiftly ...

The good news is that imaging scans do detect lung cancer early. The bad news, according to a study in the current issue of the journal Radiology, is that they are much more likely to detect harmless ...

Denoised ultra-low-dose CT can effectively diagnose pneumonia in immunocompromised patients using only 2% of the radiation ...

Full results of a big study that showed some smokers' lives could be saved by screening with lung scans now reveal more clearly what the risks are: There's a good chance of a false alarm. Of those who ...

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 New York City woman is using her lung cancer survival story to push for early detection, especially among nonsmokers and those in underserved communities. Colette Smith of the Bronx wrote a message ...

Long-awaited results from a big federal study show that screening smokers and former smokers with CT scans cuts the risk of dying from lung cancer by 20 percent. But many questions remain about how ...

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