CT scans produced more detailed images than traditional X-rays, and were formerly known as CAT scans. High-risk people are also defined as having been a pack a day smoker for 30 years, or a two ...

CT scans may cause one in 20 cancers with the risk increasing for young children, a study has found. Computed tomography (CT) scans use X-rays to create detailed internal pictures of the body.

Lung function tests play a major role in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic ...

More than half of patients (52%) were male, mean age was 66 years, and 68% (1017) were current smokers. Low-Dose CT Scan: The Key to Early Lung Cancer Detection ...

The CT scan you get as follow-up to your chondrosarcoma (a rare cancer of cartilage) is designed to look in lung tissue for abnormalities, and has not been evaluated as a means of screening for ...

Your Good Health: Benign mucus plugs in lungs no cause for worry Dear Dr. Roach: I had a CT scan in July as part of my follow-up care for grade 1 chondrosarcoma.

During his struggle, we learned that getting a CT scan of his lungs every year would have detected his deadly cancer. His ...