Lung Cancer Alliance Stands Behind CT Screening For Lung Cancer

September 20, 2007 – 3:13 am | posted in Public Health

WASHINGTON — While the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) came out this week in opposition to CT screening for lung cancer, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) reiterated its support for the screening test which can detect lung cancer at its earliest most treatable stage for those at high risk. “Mammograms for breast cancer faced enormous opposition for decades and there is still heated debate over screening of women under the age of 50. And there are reams of papers showing no mortality benefit for PSA testing for prostate cancer,” said Laurie Fenton Ambrose, President of Lung Cancer Alliance. “These scientific debates are not new, especially when it comes to interpreting statistics about the true benefit of screenin…

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