YNHH directory assist. A type of CT scan appears better at detecting early lung cancer than standard chest X-rays, according to a study in The Lancet . The seven-year baseline study was led by Claudia I. Henschke, MD, who organized the Early Lung Cancer Action Project in 1992. All patients had a history of cigarette smoking. Initial results showed that low-dose CT scans were better at detecting early lung cancers.
Additional testing is required to determine if nodules are benign or cancerous.
The chest X-ray was significantly less reliable. The chest X-ray was significantly less reliable. If no noncalcified nodules were identified, the report was negative. If between one and six noncalcified nodules were present, the report was classified as positive. More than six nodules were categorized as diffuse disease, more likely attributable to another type of lung disease.