Annual cancer scans may save lives
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Annual scans can catch lung cancer when it is still curable, US researchers have reported . Their study suggests a diagnosis of the disease may not have to be an immediate death sentence.
Their findings have ignited a dispute among cancer experts, as they support the argument that yearly computed tomography (CT) scans are worthwhile for smokers and others at high risk.
Although lung cancer kills 95% of its victims, a few patients in the study whose disease was caught early by the scans were still alive 10 years later.
