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Understanding lung cancer screening behavior: Racial, gender, and geographic differences among Indiana long-term smokers Lung cancer screening is a relatively new screening option. Inequalities related to screening behavior have been documented in other types of cancer screen... L Carter-Harris,JE Slave...
Such an approach allows the screening community to better understand, assess and refine the factors underlying risk of lung cancer (4). There is growing interest in targeting those at greatest risk, with the primary aim of improving screening efficiency (4). It has been suggested that this ...
Cancer is a disease in which abnormal or damaged cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other areas of the body. These cells can form tumors (lumps of tissue) that may or may not be cancerous. Cancer can start almost anywhere in the body. The main goal of cancer treatment is to cure ...
Lung cancer screening is an example of where this can happen. Most lung cancers are diagnosed at a late stage (stage 4), and this is largely to blame forlung cancersurvival being so poor. Diagnosing more cancers early (stage 1 and 2) is crucial to save lives. And screening might be a...
In all, 7.4% of the patients who had a lung cancer screening CT went on to have at least one follow-up invasive procedure. While 20% of this group was diagnosed with lung cancer, the rate of procedures "downstream" of the screening CT is higher than what was seen in the clinical tria...
Being fit earlier in life is associated with a reduced risk, in some cases of up to 42%, of developing nine different types of cancer in later life, according to a large long-term study. 一项大型长期研究表明,在生命早期保持健康可以降低晚年患九种不同类型癌症的风险,在某些情况下可降低高达 42...
ASTHMA IS the most common childhood disease, affecting close to 5 million children. In 1997 the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)1 published the latest Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma to "bridge the gap between current knowledge and practice." Guidelines shou...
Hence, the implementation of this screening program in Germany, dependent on the gathered data, is currently not recommended in this structure. T-ALL, a highly aggressive form of blood cancer, sadly remains a life-threatening condition in numerous cases. T cell blasts exhibit a striking ...
adults, there are no screenings for the various potential cancers in children. They are also unable to articulate symptoms well, nor advocate or even understand the need for additional medical inquiries when appropriate. Diagnosis during the late stage of cancer makes it much harder to cure and ...