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

A CT scan of healthy lungs looks typical in size with no inflammation, allowing the diaphragm to dome. Lungs with emphysema can look overinflated, with muscle loss, making the diaphragm misshapen. The ...

More Americans die each year from lung cancer than from any other type of cancer. Lung cancer accounts for almost 25% of all cancer deaths — more than colon, prostate and breast cancers combined. That ...

Out of 1,251 initially eligible individuals, 560 individuals without chest CT scans at hospital admission, 56 individuals with poor computed tomography scan quality, 294 individuals with entirely ...

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

LOS ANGELES — Advanced CT imaging can reduce deaths from lung cancer by 20 percent among heavy smokers, according to long-awaited results from the first comparison of CT scanning and regular chest ...

A novel CT scan-based approach has revealed significant changes in a parameter indicating lung destruction in some asthmatics. This finding could lead to more personalized treatments for asthma ...

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 ...

Screening for lung cancer could become as routine in France as checks for breast or colon cancer, according to Health ...

A COVID-19 patient coughing up blood was found to have cavities in his lungs, according to his doctors. The unnamed 52-year-old man visited Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, three weeks ...