Two large-scale, randomized controlled trials—the U.S. National Lung Screening Trial (NLST; n = 53,454) and the Dutch–Belgian Randomized Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NELSON; n = 15,792)—have demonstrated that lung cancer […] Read more
Thousands of Americans each year learn that CT chest screening has identified nodules on their lungs and, as a result, they often experience distress, fear, and confusion about their cancer […] Read more
Two abstracts presented at the 2020 World Conference on Lung Cancer shed light on how changes in current screening guidelines can influence lung cancer detection rates, specifically among underrepresented populations. […] Read more
Between 60% and 65% of patients with lung cancer receive their diagnoses at stage III or IV, meaning that one-third are unaware of their disease when radical surgery, either alone […] Read more
TALENT, a national lung cancer screening study conducted in Taiwan in 12,011 individuals, uncovered the presence of lung cancer in 2.6% of the study population (Abstract PS01.02). These results are […] Read more