A groundbreaking study has revealed a significant link between the frequency of chest x-ray referrals from GPs and earlier diagnosis and improved survival rates for lung cancer patients. Records of ...

Adverse effects from radiation dose absorbed in diagnostic practice are rare. For example, the radiation dose absorbed from a simple X ray examination such as a chest X ray (radiograph) or an X ray of ...

Research from the University of Sheffield analyzed records from more than 170,000 lung cancer patients in England between 2014 and 2018, combined with chest x-ray rates from 7,400 GP practices.

The next day, a chest X-ray showed that her condition had not worsened ... Known triggers include respiratory infections, complications from asthma and trauma from sudden changes in air pressure.

like blunt force trauma, he said. "Let's say somebody got in a car accident," Milnes said. "We'll go in and do a couple X-rays like their chest, neck (and) head just to see what's broken and what ...