Background Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and a major public health
challenge across the entire world. Computed tomography (CT) imaging of the lung is a …

Given that there is no validated test for early lung cancer detection, the current standard
approach to lung cancer detection is to wait for signs or symptoms to develop. In that setting …

Preliminary clinical studies suggest that spiral computed tomography (CT) of the lungs can
improve early detection of lung cancer in high-risk individuals. More clinical studies are …

Lung cancer is the world's leading cause of cancer death. Since progress in the treatment of
this cancer has been exceedingly slow, the upswing in tobacco consumption in many …

Despite improvements in drug therapy, late-stage lung cancer remains routinely incurable.
The field of screening for early lung cancer is a challenging, fast-moving, cross-disciplinary …

The recent publication of findings from the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-
ELCAP) in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) regarding the use of spiral …

The most recent exchange of salvos devolved from the October 2006 publication of an
article by the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP) investigators [1] …

Background Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death throughout the world. Despite
massive public health efforts, global tobacco consumption-the driver of the lung cancer …

Lung cancer is a global problem. In 2012, there were an estimated 1.8 million new cases of
lung cancer, and approximately 1.6 million people throughout the world died as a result of …

Recent advances in high-resolution, multi-detector X-ray-CT have resulted in this imaging
modality being used in lung cancer screening by some proponents because of its potential …