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WASHINGTON (AP) – A special type of CT scan can detect lung cancer early enough to save lives, announced Thursday the National Cancer Institute, the first evidence that a screening test can help combat one of the Cancer most lethal variants.

At stake are controversial multislice spiral CT, where a rotating scanner checks the lungs at various angles to detect tumors when they are half the size of which can detect a regular chest x-ray. Some studies have suggested that early detection is useful, while other studies concluded that it could be too damaging to detect benign tumors.

The experiment in the United States covered for 53,000 smokers or former smokers to try to settle the debate. Found 20% fewer deaths from lung cancer among those who were viewed with spiral CT than among those who were examined with chest radiographs, the institute said on Thursday, a difference so significant that it ended the study early.

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Lung cancer is the second tumor is more prevalent in the world. In indonesia alone, 20,000 cases are diagnosed annually, and mortality is the highest of all cancers.

So far the data are very encouraging: almost three quarters of patients the detection comes at later stages. For this reason, it is necessary to go on trial. The Association of People Affected by Lung Cancer (AEACaP) claims that are in place screening tests to reduce this type of cancer.
Attention to symptoms
One way to tackle cancer, quickly, is visiting the doctor or specialist as soon as symptoms appear. What are these signs? Some of the most important are summarized as:

- Persistent cough.

- Coughing up blood.

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Brain Cancer disease

None of the known causes of brain Cancer disease. Has been conducting extensive research to identify the cause of preventing cancer occurs. Although there is much more conclusive evidence of a cause of brain tumors, all doctors know that brain cancer is not contagious and does not occur due to head trauma.

There have been cases where the cancer has spread to the brain from other parts of the body. (Lung cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer, etc..)

Brain cancer can occur at any age. Studies have shown that two groups are affected in old age. From 3 to 12 years and between 40 and 70 are the age groups, in which brain cancer. Because the researchers were able to collect these data has led to the discovery of certain risk factors. Read the rest of this entry »