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Chest X-ray for lung cancer

2023-07-04 17:04:48
Hello dr For ex smoker to rule out lung cancer doing chest X-ray in routinely in a year is good or not And if not. what can a person do for diagnose in early stage if no symptom r there
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Hi Thanks for the question Low-dose CT is a better screening modality than a chest X-ray for lung cancer. It is recommended for former smokers who stopped smoking within the last 15 years Frequency according to the NELSON study at baseline, at 1 year, 3 years and 5.5 years until more than 15 years from stopping.

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