References & Sources

Hold your breath: Lung cancer screens?

A computed-tomography imaging device may be more effective than X rays in lowering the high death toll of lung cancer by detecting cancer before it spreads.

References:

Henschke, C.I., et al. 1999. Early lung cancer action project: Overall design and findings from baseline screening. Lancet 354(July 10):99.

Sources:

Claudia I. Henschke
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical Center
Department of Radiology
525 East 68th Street
New York, NY 10021

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 11, September 11, 1999, p. 175. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.