A small spot on a lung CT scan can be alarming, with many people immediately fearing the worst. However, doctors say that a lung nodule is a common finding and, in most cases, is not cancer. On , specialists explain what lung nodules are, why they appear ...

One of the most common dilemmas in modern lung cancer screening is what to do with a subsolid pulmonary nodule, the hazy, ground-glass shadow that appears on a computed tomography scan but does not

When screening patients for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (CT), raising the nodule size threshold from 5 mm to 7 or 8 mm before starting a more intensive workup could result in fewer false-positive results. This conclusion, from a study ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Lung Cancer, Scan, Essay Can Be Used Only To Illustrate Cancer, Gustave-Roussy Institute, France, Anti-Cancer Center ...

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Low-dose chest CT for lung cancer screening provides the opportunity to simultaneously screen patients for osteoporosis, detecting notably higher rates of osteoporosis in men than the traditional tool of DXA, new research published in the Journal of Bone ...