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NORFOLK, Va. — November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The disease often goes undetected until it reaches an ...

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When screening patients for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (CT), raising the nodule size threshold from 5 mm to 7 or 8 mm before starting a more intensive workup could result in fewer ...

Short-interval CT demonstrated spontaneous resolution of consolidation in more than 50% of lung cancer screening participants, while persistent consolidation showed a 29.8% risk for malignancy. This ...

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Several cardiovascular risk factors, such as advanced age and smoking history, are prevalent among lung cancer patients at the time of the diagnosis and increase their risk of future heart disease, ...

Researchers at National Jewish Health have shown that subtle increases in lung scarring, detected by an artificial intelligence-based tool on CT scans taken one year apart, are associated with disease ...