Are CT scans silently triggering a cancer epidemic — or are we being misled by speculative modeling and media-fueled fear? A ...

DURING SCREENING SEASON, which runs from March to December, LUCAS sets off on Mondays from the cancer institute in Morgantown ...

A 79-year-old man with recurrent oropharyngeal cancer has developed the first documented case of severe drug-induced interstitial lung disease following photoimmunotherapy with cetuximab-sarotalocan ...

Bronchiectasis is one of the most neglected chronic lung diseases despite the fact it impacts 300,000 people in the UK ...

The internal review has identified a growing trend of chronic lung diseases, such as bronchiectasis, emphysema, fibrosis, and bronchial wall thickening, among young adults undergoing routine CT chest ...

An internal review conducted by Mahajan Imaging & Labs has identified a growing trend of chronic lung abnormalities among young adults undergoing routine CT chest scans in Delhi and nearby regions.

Results: Of 119 patients studied, two CT scans were available in 92 patients and three in 24. CT (composite and component) scores and lung function both deteriorated significantly (p<0.02). Peripheral ...

Figure 1 CT scans of a patient without bronchiectasis (A) and showing the development of bronchiectasis seven years later (B). With permission of the Journal of Clinical Infectious Disease. Finally, ...

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

Methods: 57 patients with CF contributed one CT made during screening for lung transplantation. For the SALD system, lung tissue was divided into four components: infection/inflammation (including ...

Computed tomography (CT) examinations (known more commonly as a “ CT scan ” or “CAT scan”) incorporate a series of x-ray images taken of areas inside the body and use a computer to create a ...

Relatively high rates of bronchiectasis were found in an analysis of chest computed tomography (CT) scans of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), researchers reported in Chest. The ...