Latest Lung cancer screening Stories

First of its kind actuarial analysis from health insurance payor perspective provides real world analysis of actual costs and lives saved annually WASHINGTON, April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Legacy® and Lung Cancer Alliance hailed the results released today of an actuarial cost-benefit analysis conducted by Milliman Inc., an internationally recognized actuarial consulting firm, which show that screening 50-64 year olds at high risk for lung cancer with low-dose computed...

A new study led by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine indicates that CT scans are more effective than traditional lung cancer detection methods at identifying aggressive lung cancers in their most treatable stages. The data, published online March 27 in the journal Radiology, demonstrate that lung cancers found through annual CT screening are similar to those found in routine practice, both in terms of tumor growth rates and cell-type distribution. In fact, the report showed that...

DESOTO, Kan., March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Introduction Sir Harry Burns, The Chief Medical Officer for Scotland announced today that Scotland will conduct a major screening trial for lung cancer using EarlyCDT-Lung - a simple blood test that detects cancer at its earliest stages of development. EarlyCDT-Lung has been available in the US for more than two years and has been shown to detect early and late stage cancers in research studies as well as in clinical use. An audit of...

Calls For Inclusion of Low Dose CT Screening For Those At High Risk For Lung Cancer WASHINGTON, March 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) said that the new anti-tobacco campaign just launched by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is an important revitalization of the efforts to prevent young people from smoking and encourage all who do smoke to quit. LCA President and CEO, Laurie Fenton Ambrose said, "this is among our top...

(Ivanhoe Newswire)-- Lung cancer kills more then 150,000 Americans and 1.4 million people worldwide every year. More people die from lung cancer each year then those with breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined. An international team led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has shown how a new test may be able to predict the likelihood of death from early-stage lung cancer more accurately than traditional methods. Researchers hope that this may...

Findings published in Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) has taken a proactive role in advancing discussions with the international lung cancer community on how we should take lung cancer screening forward. The IASLC released an initial statement to the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) at the World Lung Cancer Conference in Amsterdam this April and also hosted a CT screening workshop with over 75...

Since the National Cancer Institute developed the first guidelines on mammography screening over thirty years ago, advocacy and professional groups have developed guidelines focused on who should be screened, instead of communicating clearly the risks and benefits of screening, according to a commentary by Michael Edward Stefanek, Ph.D., the associate vice president of collaborative research in the office of the vice president at Indiana University, published online Nov. 21 in the Journal of...

Yearly Assessment Notes Significant Change in Grade for Early Detection and Progress in Federal Response WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA), the leading national support and advocacy voice for those at risk for or living with lung cancer, issued its annual 2011 National Report Card on Lung Cancer, an overall assessment of the nation's response to the continuing high mortality of lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death....

Calls on VA to Screen Veterans at High Risk for Lung Cancer WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) salutes the nation's 22 million Veterans for their service to our country and calls on the Department of Veterans Affairs to institute CT screening for those at high risk for lung cancer. Admiral T. Joseph Lopez, USN (Ret.), chairman of the LCA Board of Directors, said, "The most meaningful way we can show gratitude to our veterans is to offer...

Oncimmune (USA) LLC recognizes Lung Cancer Awareness Month through a unique public awareness campaign. Oncimmune will feature 30 lung cancer stories from survivors and loved ones impacted by lung cancer on the HelloHaveYouHeard.com blog. De Soto, KS (PRWEB) November 07, 2011 Oncimmune (USA) LLC, maker of EarlyCDT®-Lung, a simple blood test that aids physicians in the early detection of lung cancer, is promoting Lung Cancer Awareness Month (LCAM) through an educational blog series....