CT Scan for Cancer

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CT Scans Can Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths, Study Finds
By GARDINER HARRIS
Published: November 4, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/health/research/05cancer.html?hp
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  1. percent
    a proportion in relation to a whole
    CT Scans Can Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths, Study Finds
    By GARDINER HARRIS

    WASHINGTON — Annual CT scans of current and former heavy smokers reduce the risk that they will die from lung cancer by 20 percent, a huge government-financed study has found.
  2. underestimate
    make too low an approximation of
    Dr. Claudia Henschke, a longtime advocate for use of CT scans to screen for lung cancer, said the study probably underestimated the benefits of CT scans, because participants in the study were screened only three times over two years.
  3. dimensional
    relating to coordinates that determine a position in space
    Since then, researchers have suggested that CT scans — which use coordinated X-rays to provide three-dimensional views of body tissue — could detect lung tumors at an even earlier stage than X-rays could, but no trial had shown conclusively that de
  4. pulmonary
    relating to or affecting the lungs
    “What we also have found is that low-dose CT scan gives information on cardiovascular disease, emphysema and other pulmonary diseases,” Dr. Henschke said.
  5. participant
    someone who is involved in an activity
    The participants were followed for up to five years, and their deaths counted.
  6. complicate
    make less simple
    Also, more scans would also mean more false positive results, leading to more additional tests and surgical procedures performed on people who do not turn out to have any disease, further complicating the picture.
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