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HRCT scans can identify deadly lung disease

Studies from the UK and USA suggest IPF is becoming more common. There are an estimated 5000 new cases in the UK each year and IPF causes more deaths each year than either leukaemia, ovarian cancer, ...
RMD Open

AI-based HRCT quantification reveals DLCO and TLC as key determinants of ILD severity in connective tissue diseases

Objective Interstitial lung disease (ILD) represents the most common and severe organ manifestation observed in patients ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Early Lung Screening May Be Beneficial in RA, Study Finds

A new study lends insights into the prevalence of lung abnormalities in patients with newly diagnosed cases of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A high percentage of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis ...
ascopubs.org

Comparison between diameters of the whole nodule and solid area and the proportion of GGO in the tumor shadow on HRCT in predicting less-invasive lung cancer and recurrence ...

Favorable outcomes with chemoradiation and surgery for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: The BC Cancer Agency Vancouver experience. Vorinostat (V) intratumoral levels and biomarker response ...
WBAL-TV

'Saved by the Scan' urges people to get lung cancer screening to prevent death

IN TODAY’S MEDICAL ALERT. TODAY IS WORLD CANCER DAY. THE LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATHS IN THE U.S. IS LUNG CANCER. SADLY, THE OVERALL FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE IS JUST 28%. BUT IF IT’S CAUGHT EARLY, ...