Lung cancer is the leading cause of death in the U.S. killing nearly 160,000 people a year. New medical findings have found that annual CT scans of the lungs for high risk patients can find cancers far sooner and more accurately than a chest x-ray alone. Earlier diagnosis can lead to reducing cancer mortality by as much as 20 percent.
Until this latest breakthrough, 85 percent of lung cancers are usually found at a stage too advanced for life saving treatment. Many doctors have believed for a long time that the more advanced CT scans should be the go-to testing technique for early detection and better success in treating this most lethal type of cancer. Smokers and other high risk patients should benefit from these new findings.
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