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Thursday 27 October 2011

Annual chest X-rays don't lower lung-cancer death rates

Using an annual chest X-ray to screen for a deadly disease such as lung cancer might seem to make some sense. But the tactic simply does not save lives.

The findings allow researchers to move to the next big question regarding early lung-cancer detection: whether annual CT screening (computed tomography) can lower death rates.   More Read

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