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CMS Expands LDCT Screening for Lung Cancer
CMS announced on February 10 their final decision for coverage of low-dose CT lung cancer screenings. The new guidelines lower the screening age from 55 to 50 and reduce the smoking history pack years from 30 to 20. The decision expands eligibility for Medicare beneficiaries so that those from age 50 up to 77 and…
Read MoreStudy Shows CT Screening Reduces Lung Cancer Deaths
Recent research published in JAMA Network Open confirms that CT lung cancer scanning reduces lung cancer deaths. A retrospective study examined the records of 312,382 patients from the SEER program diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer who received CT lung scans between 2006 and 2016. The study confirmed that patients with early-stage disease experience improved…
Read MoreBreast Cancer Named Most Diagnosed Form Of Cancer Over Lung Cancer
Breast cancer exceeded lung cancer as the most diagnosed form of cancer in the world for the first time in history, experts found. The American Cancer Society calculated about 19.3 million new cancer cases occurred last year, 10 million of which ended in patients not making it. Breast cancer in women was diagnosed in 2.3…
Read MoreResearch Finds Lung Ultrasound Best In COVID Pneumonia Screening
Ultrasound scans found better results than x-rays in preliminary detection of atypical pneumonia in possible COVID patients, researchers reported recently. By studying possible COVID-19 patients in the emergency department, ultrasound had increased sensitivity, at 97.6%, versus 69.9% for x-ray, according to Ryan C. Gibbons, MD, of Temple University in Philadelphia. He presented this significant information…
Read MoreCOVID-Delayed Screenings Increase Late-Stage Breast Cancer Diagnoses
The National Cancer Institute, in June 2020, expressed fears that declines in cancer screenings and delays in treatment due to the COVID-19 pandemic could contribute to an increase in rates of advanced cancer diagnoses and deaths through 2030. A recent study was led by Jade Zifei Zhou, MD, Ph.D., a hematology/oncology fellow at Moores Cancer…
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