Under current screening guidelines, almost two-thirds of Americans with lung cancer would not have qualified for required scans, researchers said. File Photo by Shou Sheng/EPA Under current screening ...

Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT), a procedure that uses X-rays to produce a series of images at different angles, generating a 3-dimensional view of the lung, is an effective screening technique ...

TUESDAY, Dec. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lung cancer screening guidelines miss about two-thirds of patients with lung cancer, according to a study ...

Current lung cancer screening guidelines restrict eligibility to a select group of longer-term smokers A new study finds that under the guidelines, almost two-thirds of lung cancer patients wouldn't ...

Among nearly 1,000 patients with lung cancer in a cohort study, only 35.1% met U.S. Preventive Services Task Force screening criteria. Universal age-based screening (40-85 years) detected 93.9% of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lung cancer screening guidelines may exclude more than 60% of patients who develop the disease. Age-based ...

While breast cancer and colon cancer screenings have become commonplace throughout the years, lung cancer screenings have continued to remain low, with only 18.7% of eligible people in the U.S.

Jessie Creel’s cough started in May last year. At the time, a primary care physician diagnosed the mother of three with pneumonia. But the antibiotics didn’t work and her cough persisted. During a ...

New research says lung cancer screening guidelines may need to expand, and another study says even people eligible for CT scans aren't getting them. CBS News Philadelphia health reporter Stephanie ...