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Australia launches lung cancer screening program for smokers

July 11, 2025No Comments

From Medscape Medical News, 9 July 2025: Australia has launched a government-funded lung cancer screening program that provides biennial low-dose CT scans to patients who are either current heavy smokers or who have quit in the past decade. The screening program is a “game-changer” for Australia, Lucy Morgan, MD, PhD, respiratory physician at Concord and … Continue reading Australia launches lung cancer screening program for smokers

Mammography screening’s benefits for breast cancer mortality questioned

December 11, 2017No Comments

From Oncology Practice, 5 December 2017: Twenty-four years’ worth of data from the Netherlands’ mammography screening program suggest that it has achieved only a marginal impact on breast cancer mortality, according to a paper published online Dec. 5 in the British Medical Journal. Researchers used data on the stage-specific incidence of breast cancer in the … Continue reading Mammography screening’s benefits for breast cancer mortality questioned