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American Lung Association recommends lung cancer screening for people at high risk

If you are a current or former smoker, a one-minute lung scan can save your life by diagnosing lung cancer early. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths, according to the latest report from the American Lung Association.

 

February 04, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A graphic of lungs affected by cancer

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  • Health Care

Report: Georgia policymakers must increase access to early screening for lung cancer to save lives

The report also presents opportunities for Georgia to further improve survival by increasing access to lung cancer screening, which can detect the disease at an earlier stage when it's more curable, and biomarker testing, which can help influence treatment options because not all lung cancers are the same.

November 21, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Denise Lee on her last day of chemo. In addition to chemo and surgery, she was treated with immunotherapy. She's currently in remission.

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  • Health

After 40 years of smoking, she survived lung cancer thanks to new treatments

Scientific advances in immunotherapy and new targeted therapies have increased survival rates. But screening among former and current smokers still needs to improve to save more lives.

April 12, 2024
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi

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  • Global Health

The breast cancer burden in lower income countries is even worse than we thought

The World Health Organization has just released the latest worldwide statistics of the global burden of cancer. Here are five takeaways from WHO's top expert on cancer.

February 03, 2024
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By:
  • Nurith Aizenman
A doctor assesses a radio surgery treatment plan for a patient with lung cancer, using a 4D CAT scan. Lung cancer survival rates have increased lately.

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  • Health

Lung cancer survival rates rise, but low screening rates leave many people at risk

A new survey finds more people are surviving lung cancer and racial disparities are shrinking. But unless it's caught early, lung cancer still has a low survival rate.

November 14, 2023
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi and
  • Carmel Wroth
A patient gets a low-dose CT scan to screen for lung cancer. The American Cancer Society on Wednesday recommended expanding who should have this annual screening test.

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  • Health

The American Cancer Society says more people should get screened for lung cancer

New guidelines say more current and former smokers should get screened on a yearly basis. New treatments for lung cancer make early detection of the lethal disease more important.

November 01, 2023
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  • Yuki Noguchi and
  • Diane Webber
Dr. Lorraine MacDonald (right), the medical examiner in Rutherford County, Tenn., talks to a public health worker giving shots at the county's mass vaccination site, located in an old State Farm operations center. MacDonald says if people are able to sign up online, and their cars make it to the front of the line, health workers don't question whether they qualify.

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  • Health

Are You Old Enough To Get Vaccinated? In Tennessee, They're Using The Honor System

Technically, the only Tennesseans currently eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine are health care workers, long-term care residents, and people 75 and older. But don't expect strict enforcement.

January 12, 2021
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By:
  • Blake Farmer

The Curious Way Lung Cancer Defeats Chemotherapy

(11/23/19) In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta...

January 03, 2020
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By:
  • Drew Dawson

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