CT scans can take a range of smaller pictures than X-rays. These potentially give doctors a clearer view of whether a person’s lungs are healthy or have emphysema.

Volunteers in the study were randomly selected to receive either a standard chest X-ray or a CT scan. Results aren't expected until 2009 at the earliest. Some clinicians are unwilling to wait.

To explain the nuances of lung cancer imaging, Dr Solomon Mutua, a clinical oncologist at The Nairobi West Hospital dittoes the role of chest CT scans in early lung cancer detection, and why ...

After six months of testing with no growth from the nodule, nobody thought it was cancer. But suddenly it incrementally grew, ...

More information: Motohiko Yamazaki et al, 18F-FDG-PET/CT Uptake by Noncancerous Lung as a Predictor of Interstitial Lung Disease Induced by Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors, Academic Radiology (2024).

New research reveals CT scans may cause 5% of U.S. cancer cases annually. Learn the risks, who's most vulnerable, and how to protect yourself.

There were 354 lung cancer deaths among the subjects who had CT scans, compared with 442 among those who had chest X-rays - a 20.3 percent reduction in lung cancer mortality.

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