A groundbreaking study has revealed a significant link between the frequency of chest X-ray referrals from GPs and earlier diagnosis and improved survival rates for lung cancer patients. Research from ...

A new study in England shows a strong link between higher rates of chest x-ray referrals in general practice patients with symptoms, such as persistent cough, and earlier lung cancer diagnoses, along ...

A study found a "significant" link between the frequency of chest X-ray referrals and improved survival rates for lung cancer ...

An MRI can show if ... from your lung to examine under a microscope for cancer. A biopsy can be done in a few ways: Needle biopsy. The doctor guides a needle through your numbed chest wall ...

“While a chest x-ray can identify some lung tumours, it may miss small tumours present in the early stages of the disease and is less effective at assessing cancer spread,” says Dr Mutu ...

Maida Mangiameli finally gave up smoking when her granddaughter was born. That's when her troubles really started.

SAN ANTONIO — If you aren't a smoker, you may think you are out of the woods when it comes to lung cancer. Not only can non-smokers get it, but a new study says the number of non-smokers getting ...

Offer an urgent chest X‑ray (to be done within 2 weeks) to assess for lung cancer in people aged 40 and over if they have 2 or more of the following unexplained symptoms, or if they have ever smoked ...

thus allowing chest X-ray equipment to detect abnormalities the same as if those patients had used a CT scan. "The new element to the model is taking information from 3D CT scans showing lung ...

Research from the University of Sheffield analyzed records from more than 170,000 lung cancer patients in England between 2014 and 2018, combined with chest X-ray rates from 7,400 GP practices.

Research from the University of Sheffield analysed records from more than 170,000 lung cancer patients in England between 2014 and 2018, combined with chest x-ray rates from 7,400 GP practices.