If you meet the criteria for lung cancer screening — meaning you are or have a history of being a heavy smoker, and are between 50 and 80 years old — experts recommend an annual low-dose ...

In additional analyses, data were compared between RPRA and previous studies involving patients who required lung transplantation ... include: CT scans done an average of 145 days after COVID ...

Current and former heavy smokers have new local options for detecting lung cancer with a low-dose CT scan that can catch ... screenings four months ago, after requests from primary care providers ...

In cases involving early-stage non small cell lung cancer, up to half of patients will experience recurrence within the first two years after surgery ... more frequent CT scans, including ...

When he developed a cough and then lost weight, Gibbon got a chest X-ray and CT scan of his lungs ... Gibbon had late-stage lung cancer disqualified him from being a transplant candidate.

For smokers and former smokers, getting annual CT scans of the ... among Americans, lung cancer remains the nation's leading cancer killer. Because it's often detected only after symptoms begin ...

Published in Radiology, their study demonstrates how these scans can measure ventilation improvements in asthma and COPD patients after using ... can monitor lung transplant recipients, providing ...

INDIANAPOLIS — After hours, you'll find Jeff Todd out back in his Logansport garage working on his passion project, restoring a 1989 Jaguar XJS. He inherited the British Racing Green convertible with ...

George Barlow, a former smoker who was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer, learned that he had the disease after undergoing a low-dose CT scan last year. "I would’ve never known that I ...

This could enable medics to identify sooner any decline in lung function. The scan method has enabled ... were experiencing chronic rejection after lung transplant, which is a common issue in ...

"The flu and any other illness would be exacerbated because of the underlying scarring of the lung." Now, two years after his lung transplant ... including a cat scan or X-ray to check for ...

Frequent postoperative surveillance imaging after lung cancer resection ... recommend chest CT scans every 6 months for the first 2 to 3 years following lung resection. However, fewer scans ...