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fromNews Center
3 days ago

New Study Shows Lung Cancer Surveillance in the United States Misses Most Patients; Northwestern Medicine Investigators Urge Universal Age-based Screening - News Center

In a new study of nearly 1,000 consecutive patients treated for lung cancer at Northwestern Medicine, investigators discovered only 35 percent would have qualified for screening according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) screening criteria. The two-thirds of patients who would have been excluded were disproportionately women and never-smokers. Currently, USPSTF recommends annual lung cancer screenings for adults ages 50-80 who have a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years.
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fromNature
2 months ago

Machine learning reveals potential consequences of cuts to US research

Government grant cancellations risk eliminating research that produced major health benefits, including the CT lung‑screening study that reduced lung‑cancer deaths by one‑fifth.
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fromBrooklyn Eagle
5 months ago

Maimonides Health launches Smoking Cessation program for patients and employees

Maimonides Health launches a new Smoking Cessation Program to aid in tobacco dependence recovery for patients and employees.
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