Breaking News from the NCI Cancer Bulletin

November 4, 2010 Lung Cancer Trial Results Show Mortality Benefit with Low-Dose CT NCI has released initial results from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), a randomized national trial involving more than 53,000 current and former heavy smokers ages 55 to 74. The trial compared the effects of two lung cancer screening procedures—low-dose helical computed tomography (CT) and standard chest X-ray—on lung cancer mortality and found 20 percent fewer lung cancer deaths among trial participants screened with low-dose helical CT.  Read more >>