Patients with connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease show slower decline in lung function and longer ...

Researchers report that patients whose lung tumors were spotted early by CAT scans and received immediate treatment were likely to survive a disease that is almost always fatal by the time it is ...

Researchers at Vanderbilt University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Miami, and The Alfred Hospital studied the lungs of subjects including Veterans using technology developed by 4DMedical ...

Nov. 4, 2010— -- Low-dose computerized tomography -- or CT -- scans better detect earlier stages of lung cancer than a standard chest X-ray, significantly cutting deaths from the disease, the ...

Screening smokers and ex-smokers with high-tech CT scans has been shown for the first time to significantly cut deaths from lung cancer, the leading cancer killer, federal health officials said ...

A New Scan For Lung Diseases Date: October 14, 2009 Source: University of Nottingham Summary: People with chronic lung disease and asthma could soon be offered better treatment thanks to a new ...

Using computerized scans to screen for lung cancer can help save lives and should be part of a regular checkup for people who have a high risk for the disease, a new study says. Ninety-six percent ...

More and more thoracic CT scans are being performed worldwide in order to detect lung diseases such as bronchial carcinoma ...

CT scans can show the size, shape, and position of a lung tumor. This screening method can also show enlarged lymph nodes, helping doctors determine whether the lung cancer has spread to other ...

Lung cancer screening with a low-dose CT scan is recommended for people between the ages of 50 and 80 who have a history of heavy smoking. Specifically, people who have smoked the equivalent of ...