OAK BROOK, Ill. – Emphysema detected on baseline low-dose chest CT (LDCT) in the lung cancer screening cohort of more than 9,000 asymptomatic adults was associated with death from all causes, chronic ...
Use of CT is proven to save lives in patients eligible for lung cancer screening, which includes most patients with COPD, said Barr, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Columbia University ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with a low-dose CT scan between June 2000 and December 2008 were followed for a median of 23.3 years.