While most women over age 50 schedule mammograms for breast cancer, only a minority who are also eligible for low-dose CT scans for lung cancer undergo those potentially lifesaving screenings. A new ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Around 14 million Americans have diagnosed COPD, but over a million more live without a diagnosis, according to the CDC. Donna Marshall was referred to Dr. Brad Vincent, a ...
In this retrospective cohort study, most patients with a positive lung cancer screening result received guideline-concordant follow-up, though nearly one-third received less-than-recommended care. 2.
Under current screening guidelines, almost two-thirds of Americans with lung cancer would not have qualified for the CT chest scans that could have spotted tumors early and extended their lives, new ...
For a select group of Baton Rouge students, a simple shopping trip turned into a meaningful moment just days before Christmas. A McKinley Middle School teacher has been placed on leave after being ...
Kim Sandler, MD, professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, director of the Vanderbilt Lung Screening Program, and the study’s corresponding author and ...
Months after recovering from lymphoma, Dave Coulier faces tongue cancer, calling it a shocking setback as he undergoes ...