What seems like a straightforward idea—screen current and former heavy smokers for lung cancer—proves more challenging in practice, according to findings from a demonstration project at ...

Objectives: To describe participation rates, results, and lessons learned from a lung cancer screening (LCS) demonstration project. Study Design: Prospective observational study at 1 of 8 centers ...

Implementing a comprehensive lung cancer screening program was challenging and complex according to a new article that describes a lung cancer demonstration project conducted at eight academic ...

Anthony Patterson got lucky — twice. His first stroke of good fortune came in 2011, when a fall led him to the emergency room of a local hospital. While he was there, doctors noticed his heart wasn’t ...

CRANBURY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lung cancer screening is free under the Affordable Care Act for certain current and former smokers, after a national study found their risk of cancer death fell 20 ...