Lung Cancer Screening Benefits and Guidelines

AONN+ Blog published on March 18, 2022 in Lung Cancer

Benefits of Lung Cancer Screening

Other than quitting smoking, early diagnosis of lung cancer is currently the most effective way of reducing lung cancer mortality because the treatment of late-stage disease has little impact.1 In addition to awareness of risk factors and prompt referral, screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) has proven to improve early diagnosis.


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