Lung cancer scans urged for some smokers, not all

The long-anticipated decision by the influential U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says these CT scans of the lungs should be offered only to people at especially high risk: those who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 30 years or an equivalent amount, such as two packs a day for 15 years - and who are between the ages of 55 and 80. That's ... (more)

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