Screening might avert many lung cancer deaths: study

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Screening might avert many lung cancer deaths: study

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/screening-might-avert-many-lung-cancer-deaths-study-210203559.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LwobEbh5HfnlYix9Lnfp_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-27T210203Z_1_CBRE91Q1MFI00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Cigarette butts in an ashtray in Los Angeles, California" align="left" title="Cigarette butts in an ashtray in Los Angeles, California" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A calculation based on results from a large lung cancer screening trial projects that 12,000 deaths a year among the highest-risk smokers and ex-smokers in the U.S. could be avoided with a national screening program. The National Lung Screening Trial, published in 2010, found 20 percent fewer deaths from lung cancer in a group of people at highest risk for the disease when they were screened annually with CT scans, a form of high-resolution X-ray that can spot suspicious lung nodules. Based on the 8. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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