Helical CTscans reduce lung c ...
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Dr. Rubens D.Posted
Thu 04 Nov 2010 8:07pm
Helical CTscans reduce lung cancer mortality by 20% compared to chest X-rays
In a major new study announced today by the National Cancer Institute, researchers including Brown University biostatistian Constantine Gatsonis and his colleagues found that screening for lung cancer using helical CTscanning reduced lung cancer deaths by 20 percent
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CTScans Seem to Lower Lung Cancer Death Rates
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Medline PlusPosted
Thu 04 Nov 2010 11:00am
(HealthDay News) -- Annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose CTscans cut mortality rates in older, current or former heavy smokers by 20 percent, a major U.S. government study...," whereas helical CT produces "a multiple-image scan of the entire chest."
Deaths from lung cancer and from other causes were lower in the CT screening than the X-ray group
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CTScan and Bone Scan
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DariaPosted
Tue 20 Apr 2010 12:00am
Yesterday I went in for my CTscan and bone scan. First the CTscan and getting an IV. Finding a good vein in my left arm is getting to be a bit tricky so the nurse... then poured me my one liter ‘contrast’ drink and sent me to the waiting room so I could slurp it up. A short time later I had my CTscan.
After my CTscan, I went to nuclear
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The Evidence Gap - Weighing the Costs of a CTScan’s Look Inside the Heart - Series - NYTimes.com
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Dr. Aniruddha M.Posted
Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:13am
The Evidence Gap - Weighing the Costs of a CTScan’s Look Inside the Heart - Series - NYTimes.com: "While clinical trials have not shown that stents benefit patients with no symptoms of heart disease, they are still routinely inserted in such patients when tests find significant blockages. Cardiologists joke that the phenomenon is “ocular stenosis
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Went in for scans today. CTscan ...
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RCC-FighterPosted
Mon 04 May 2009 5:26pm
Went in for scans today. CTscan and bone scan, plus labs.
I keep hearing about "scanxiety" leading up to the scans and wonder why I manage to avoid feeling any....
Of course, it was impossible to do so during the CTscan because the robotic man-voice kept talking to me. "Breath in...hold your breath...breath" kept me awake what with me being
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CTScan and Bone Scan Results
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DariaPosted
Thu 29 Apr 2010 12:00am
It wasn’t long before the door knock came and in walked my Onc. He asked me how I was feeling … do I have pain of any kind, how is the Xeloda treating me? I’m thinking to myself … enough of the small talk, give me the news.
This is sort of how it went …
There are new growths on the liver …. blah blah blah … Xeloda no longe ...
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To Scan or Not To Scan for Early Lung Cancer
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Stephen Schimpff, MDPosted
Tue 11 Jan 2011 12:00am
not have the sensitivity to find early lung cancer. Computedtomography (CTScans) can detect very small lesions in the lung. Another study has now been completed and it was able... and costs, but anxiety.
There is more information at http://tinyurl.com/2cutflw
The take away for now is that in high risk individuals, low dose CTscans can pick up early lungRead on »
October 07, 2008 COPD fun?! drinking Redi-CT for CTscan
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RoxlynPosted
Tue 07 Oct 2008 6:16pm
I may be a bit crabby today, because I'm following instructions in preparation for abdominal CTscan with contrast. 3 hours before: stop eating and drinking, 2 hrs before drink a half bottle of "stuff" called Redi-CT, instructions say you can sip it, but radiology technician suggested to chug it down and think sweet thoughts. Umm, it must not taste
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CTScan Results Today
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DariaPosted
Mon 25 Jan 2010 12:00am
Just got back from the clinic and my CTscan results indicate things are stable. My liver has rotated a bit so the radiologist couldn’t take any measurements of my tumours... to the last scan. The Onc asked how my lungs were feeling. I said they are better than previous months. I still cough a bit and use the inhaler maybe one day in a cycle but overall I
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