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Posted AT 8:26 PM EDT on 25/10/06

Lung scans may spot cancer sooner in smokers

ALICIA CHANG

Associated Press

A controversial new study offers the strongest evidence yet that screening smokers for lung cancer with computerized chest scans can save lives, much as mammograms do for women with breast cancer. Doctors have long had doubts that early detection of tumours could improve survival, and also feared that screening would lead to too many false alarms and unnecessary biopsies.

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