Lung Cancer (Screening)

Screening Study in Women Initiated

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 29th, 1999

New York University (NYU) Medical Center has launched a large-scale study that will determine the effectiveness of combining computed tomography scans and gene markers as screening tools for detecting early-stage lung cancer in women who are longtime smokers.

"Screening programs for lung cancer haven't focused specifically on women," says Abraham Chachoua, MD, assistant professor of Clinical Medicine and principal investigator on the new study. "Lung cancer kills so many women. It is vitally important that we find a reliable screening tool to use in women at high risk for this cancer."

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women in...

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