CT Lung Cancer Screening No Cure-all For Smokers

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Thu, 06/12/2008 - 19:15

Screening for lung cancer with computed tomography may help reduce lung cancer deaths in current and former smokers, but it won't protect them from other causes of death associated with smoking, according to a new study.


 

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