Search Tag: lung cancer
Adherence Rates Differ After Positive Lung Cancer Screening Examination
2022 18 Nov
In a cohort study of 685 adults with a positive lung cancer screening examination, adherence to recommended care improved among those with a higher suspicion of lung cancer, as well as after extending the follow-up timeline. The study was published in JAMA Network. Recruited individuals were aged 18 years and over who underwent lung cancer... Read more
Lung Cancer Care Empowered by AI - Meet the Team behind
2022 27 Jan
Facilitating decisions using vast amounts of comparative data – AI can do this, but creating the algorithms is a complex and lengthy process. Yet it can make a difference, especially in lung cancer care. The lack of early symptoms and the aggressive progression of lung cancer make it one of the deadliest types of cancer.[1] Individually adapted... Read more
ELCC 2022 - European Lung Cancer Congress
2022 30 Mar
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CT Lung Cancer Screening Reduces Deaths
2021 21 Dec
Most physicians agree that discovering lung cancer early is critical to saving lives. Over 200,000 people receive lung cancer diagnoses annually and this remains a leading causes of U.S. cancer deaths. For the first time, a large retrospective population study, conducted by researchers at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, demonstrated this. The study... Read more
Cancer Screening Drops after Diagnostic CT
2021 09 Nov
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, MA) recently published a study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology showing that patient retention in a lung cancer screening (LCS) programme drops after diagnostic chest computed tomography (CT) examinations. Lung cancer is the leading cause of US cancer-related death, and screening... Read more
Siemens Healthineers adds Lung Cancer to its AI Pathway Companion
2021 14 Oct
Siemens Healthineers recently added non-small cell lung cancer support to its AI Pathway Companion. Currently supported pathways are non-small cell lung and prostate cancer. Siemens first presented its AI Pathway Companion at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago. In summary, the system delivers artificial... Read more