''Screening heavy smokers with low-dose computer tomography (CT) instead of X-rays can reduce deaths from lung cancer by 20 percent, a massive US study released Thursday shows. Previous studies have shown that helical CT scanning can identify small ...'

''Researchers found that a screening test has the potential to reduce the number of lung-cancer deaths, a major advance in the battle against the biggest cancer killer. The results of a significant eight-year study funded by the National Cancer Institute ...'

''Less than 7.1% of patients presenting to the emergency department with dizziness and 6.4% complaining of syncope or near-syncope benefited from head CT say researchers at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Honolulu. The use of head CT as part of a screening ...'

''The New England Journal of Medicine's (NEJM) headline today read, Reduced Lung Cancer Mortality with Low-Dose Computed Tomographic CT Screening, ending a long controversy over the use of an existing but underutilized early detection tool for those at ...'

''Greg Colip had a comfortable life as a Houston attorney specializing in the oil-and-gas industry. He never thought he'd become an expert in cancer screening. That changed when a friend arranged a quick chat with Jerry Bryant, a local scientist, in a ...'

''Women who underwent chest radiation therapy for a childhood cancer have a significantly higher risk for developing breast cancer at a younger age. Yet a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that many of them do not undergo ...'

''An imaging technique used in medicine could help detect hidden nuclear material, according to the results of a computer simulation reported this week in the Journal of Applied Physics1. The work suggests a way to improve efforts to stem illegal transport ...'

''Computed tomographic colonography (CTC), also known as virtual colonoscopy, remains effective in screening older patients for colorectal cancer (CRC), produces low referral for colonoscopy rates similar to other screening exams now covered by Medicare, ...'

'' Breast cancer rates increased significantly in four Norwegian counties after women there began undergoing mammography every two years, according to a new report Rates among regularly screened women remained higher than rates among women of the same age ...'

''Computer-aided detection (CAD) is increasingly being used in both screening and diagnostic mammography, according to a study. CAD software systems highlight and alert the radiologist of abnormal areas of density, mass or calcification on a digitized ...'