Key Takeaways

Three times as many lung cancer deaths could be prevented if everyone eligible for screening got it

Only 1 in 5 eligible adults got screened for lung cancer in 2024

Increasing rates to 100% could triple lung cancer deaths prevented and life-years gained

FRIDAY, Nov. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Three times as many lung cancer deaths could be prevented if everyone eligible for screening got a chest CT scan, a new study says.

Only about 1 in 5 U.S. adults eligible for lung cancer screening received it in 2024, researchers reported Nov. 19 in the Journal of the American Medical Association .

Increasing screening to 100% would increase by threefold the number of lung cancer deaths prevented and life-years gained, researchers said.

“It’s disappointing that lung cancer

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