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The new lung cancer screening program needs to be independently evaluated to keep it on track, and to minimise the harms.
Trained on multi-hospital data, iSeg spots moving tumors doctors sometimes miss, edging radiation treatment toward pinpoint ...
In radiation therapy, precision can save lives. Oncologists must carefully map the size and location of a tumor before ...
A new PET imaging technique can accurately detect and monitor Mycobacteroides abscessus lung infections—one of the most ...
To assess malignancy risk, researchers reviewed all CT scans performed as part of a lung cancer screening programme between January 2015 and July 2023. Radiology reports were searched to identify ...
The European Cystic Fibrosis Society-Clinical Trials Network (ECFS-CTN) has developed comprehensive guidance regarding the routine use of chest CT scans for monitoring lung disease progression in ...
Studies using limited slice high resolution CT (HRCT) scans have demonstrated that infants and young children with cystic fibrosis (CF) diagnosed clinically have dilated airways compared with control ...
Rationale: In cystic fibrosis (CF), lung disease is the predominant cause of morbidity and mortality. Little is known about the spectrum of structural abnormalities on CT scans from patients with CF ...
Radiologically, CT imaging shows smooth-edged, sometimes lobulated cysts with variable density, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be used to confirm their cystic nature if required.
The symptoms are similar, so your doctor may suggest you get an imaging test called high-definition computed tomography (CT) to figure out which cystic lung disease you have.
More than half of patients (52%) were male, mean age was 66 years, and 68% (1017) were current smokers. Low-Dose CT Scan: The Key to Early Lung Cancer Detection ...
NORFOLK, Va. — November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The disease often goes undetected until it ...