A chest X-ray or CT scan often incidentally finds lung nodules which are small growths While most lung nodules are benign ...

Due to the destructive nature of COPD on patients’ lungs and well-being, timely diagnosis is key, and integrating spirometry ...

By integrating spirometry with low-dose CT scans, physicians at Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System are identifying serious lung conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT could have saved tens of thousands of lives — if only we'd listened to the data back ...

From a thorough history going back decades to a mass meeting of experts, identifying occupational lung diseases can be ...

Population-weighted estimates showed that fewer than 18% of eligible patients actually got a low-dose CT scan for lung cancer ...

People can get low-dose CT scans to check for lung cancer if they have a smoking history of 20 pack-years or more, either ...

Researchers conducted a prospective, longitudinal cohort study involving individuals with current or former habit, who had ...

Evidence of the beneficial effect of lung cancer screening by low-dose chest CT scans on lung cancer mortality reduction in a ...