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Chest X-ray for lung cancer
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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Dr. N Thejeswar
Oncologist
11 yrs exp
Nellore
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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