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James Gamble

Annual Lung Cancer Screening Boosts Survival Rates, World-First Study Finds

Annual screening for lung cancer dramatically boosts chances of survival, a world-first long-term study concludes. ANNA SHVETS/PEXELS

Annual screening for lung cancer dramatically boosts chances of survival, a world-first long-term study concludes.

Researchers in the United States conducting a 20-year study found that diagnoses by annual low-dose CT scans afforded patients a survival rate of 81 percent over the next two decades.

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