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Early detection of lung cancer in older smokers appears to be more effective than quitting, Dutch researchers suggest. The earlier the diagnosis via computed tomographic screening the better the chance that the multitude of treatment options which have recently become available to lung cancer patients will work. Furthermore, CT scans can lead to cost savings in the healthcare system.
While quitting smoking always helps, especially among young people, its effectiveness is limited among older folks in terms of preventing the development of lung cancer. By the time they’re 60, they are “already in a risk group,” van der Aalst said. And so it’s critical to detect lung cancer as early as possible. In turn, this allows for a better chance of successful medical intervention with the newer treatment modalities.
The conclusions Dutch researchers arrived at were informed by a clinical trial involving more than 13,000 high-risk male individuals randomly assigned to volume-based, low-dose CT screening in the Netherlands. Around 2,600 high-risk women also participated in the trial. The smaller number is attributed to the fact that fewer women were eligible because smoking was much less prevalent than among men in that age group.
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