Study says CT Scans can cut lung cancer deaths by 20%

Liz Szabo wrote in USA TODAY that a large study has shown "that using CT scans to screen smokers and ex-smokers for lung cancer can reduce lung cancer deaths by 20% — potentially saving thousands of lives — by catching lethal tumors at an earlier, more treatable stage."

 

The National Cancer Institute funded the eight-year, $250 million study of 53,000 people older than 55. 

The whole Szabo story can be retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-11-04-ct-scan-lung-cancer_N.htm.