Archive for June 3rd, 2009

Controversy continues to swirl over chest CT scans to screen for lung cancer.
MedPage Today reports on a recent study that continues to suggest that it isn’t ready for general use yet. Not surprisingly, CT scans had more false positives than traditional chest x-rays when used to look for pulmonary masses.
The probability of a false positive [...]


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