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News-Medical.Net on MSNElectromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy emerges as an effective alternative for lung nodule localizationLung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality globally. The detection rate of nodules has significantly ...
Data from a recent prospective observational study of spiral computed tomography (CT) for early lung cancer detection by the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP) published in the ...
The outcome among patients with clinical stage I cancer that is detected on annual screening using spiral computed tomography (CT) is unknown.In a large collaborative study, we screened 31,567 asym ...
Oncologists and radiologists across the country have high -- albeit, in some cases, tempered -- hopes that low-dose spiral computed tomography will be an effective tool in identifying cancerous ...
Current or heavy smokers who were screened with low-dose spiral computed tomography (CT) scanning had a 20 percent reduction in deaths from lung cancer than did those who were screened by chest X ...
July 29, 2002 -- A study and several commentaries in the July issue of Chest fan the flames of controversy over the potential benefits, and harms, of lung cancer screening using spiral computed ...
DEAR DR. GOTT: My friend told me about a recent news programme on television regarding early detection for lung cancer through X-ray. I missed it because I was visiting my father, who is in a ...
Phase II Trial of Pleural Photodynamic Therapy and Surgery for Patients With Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer With Pleural Spread Low-dose computed tomography (CT) has been suggested for lung cancer ...
Multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) has a positive predictive value (PPV) of 80% and a negative predictive value (NPV) of 97%, although no head-to-head comparisons with other modalities ...
Advances in computed tomography (CT) technology have enabled imaging of the pulmonary arteries with injection of contrast medium into an arm vein. This technique, which involves continuous imaging ...
DALLAS, Oct. 1 – An advanced imaging technique – multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) – is a reliable, noninvasive way to detect blockages in the coronary arteries, according to a ...
Cardiac multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) scanners permit visualization of the coronary arteries with an overall good sensitivity (sens) and specificity (spec). However, in obese ...
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