Low radiation scans help identify cancer in earliest stages
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 21:00
in Health & Medicine
A study of veterans at high risk for developing lung cancer shows that low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) can be highly effective in helping clinicians spot tiny lung nodules which, in a small number of patients, may indicate the earliest stages of the disease. LDCT uses less than a quarter of the radiation of a conventional CT scan.