Desperately seeking smokers. (The Beat).More than 150,000 people will die of lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. this year, and an estimated 90 million current and former U.S. smokers are at high risk for the disease, say National Cancer Institute scientists. To determine if spiral spiral /spi·ral/ (spi´ral) 1. helical; winding like the thread of a screw. 2. helix; a winding structure. computerized tomography computerized tomography n. Abbr. CT Computerized axial tomography. Noun 1. computerized tomography - a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of (CT) can help prevent more lung cancer deaths than chest X rays, researchers at 30 U.S. sites launched the National Lung Screening Trial in September 2002. Spiral CT Spiral CT Also referred to as helical CT, this method allows for continuous 360-degree x-ray image capture. Mentioned in: Computed Tomography Scans can detect smaller tumors than chest X rays, but it is not known whether this increases a patient's chance of survival. The clinical trial, the largest ever funded by the institute, will enroll 50,000 healthy current and former smokers, who will receive one of the types of screening once a year for three years. The participants' health status will then be monitored until 2009. |
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