A chest X-ray or CT scan often incidentally finds lung nodules which are small growths While most lung nodules are benign ...

The approach to the management of indeterminate lung nodules ranges between observation with repeat chest CT scan, further diagnostic studies such as PET scan or invasive procedures to obtain ...

What are lung nodules? "A lung nodule is a small, solid, rounded mass of tissue in the lungs that can be seen on a chest ...

Aside from enhancing the accurate identification of malignant lung nodules and improving thereby ... Given the lack of access to CT scan and specialists in many western China regions, we have ...

By the early 1990s, rapidly advancing CT technology had enabled precise imaging of lung nodules and potential lung cancers under two centimeters and as small as 6 mm in diameter. The 1991 Early Lung ...

Evidence of the beneficial effect of lung cancer screening by low-dose chest CT scans on lung cancer mortality reduction in a ...

In contrast, he says a chest CT scan provides detailed images ... allows for the detection of tiny nodules and is especially useful for diagnosing lung cancer at its most treatable stage ...

Low-dose CT screening in a high-risk population detected lung cancer in 2.0% of participants, with nearly 80% of cases diagnosed at stage I or II. The screening protocol demonstrated 97.0% ...