Therefore, early screening and diagnosis of lung cancer are highly important. Currently, the widespread implementation of low-dose spiral chest computed tomography (CT) has increased the detection rate of small pulmonary nodules (SPNs) rising [3]. The high risk SPNs on radiologic imaging required...
Unlike in breast cancer and other tumor types such as colon cancer, there is no well-defined screening program for prostate cancer apart from the somewhat controversial use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) as a potential screening tool [14–16]. Also, unlike the major advances seen with ...
Coronary CT angiography for screening of asymptomatic persons (including routine testing of asymptomatic heart transplant recipients), evaluation of atherosclerotic burden, evaluation of persons at high pre-test probability of coronary artery disease, identification of vulnerable plaques, monitoring of atheroma...
The National Lung Screening Trial showed that low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) reduces mortality by 20% compared with chest X-rays [5]. Posterior studies have shown that the early detection of lung nodules can increase the five-year survival rate of lung cancer patients. The five-year ...
They reviewed 151 pathologically confirmed solid pulmonary lesions (78 lung cancers and 73 benign lesions) and evaluated diameter, volume, Lung CT Screening Reporting and Data System (Lung-RADS), and DECT spectral parameters such as effective atomic number, IC, and normalized IC in arterial and ...
Sci. 2019, 9, 3428 2 of 14 the American College of Radiology Lung CT Screening Reporting and Data System (Lung-RADS) guidelines recommend a different follow-up protocol based on the overall size of the nodule and the size of the intralesional solid component [12,13]. In clinical practice...
From a societal perspective, this analysis indicates that adding icolung to RP for screening patients receiving chest CT is a cost-effective strategy for preventing infections in the community. Already at relatively low disease prevalence (>4%) and low circulation (Rt = 0.52), icol- ung is ...