U-M Study: Increasing Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility Saves Lives Despite Risk
A researcher at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is leading a project that found reducing the initial screening age and including those with lower smoking exposures would help avert lung cancer-related deaths.
A U-M researcher found that reducing the initial screening age would help avert lung cancer-related deaths. // Stock photo
A researcher at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is leading a project that found reducing the initial screening age and including those with lower smoking exposures would help avert lung cancer-related deaths.
The study was completed by the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network, which is led by the U-M researcher, and was commissioned by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent volunteer panel of national experts in disease prevention and evidence-based medicine.
Reducing the initial screening age and including those with lower smoking exposures would help avert lung cancer-related deaths, according to a new study.
Fatty Liver Disease Is Highly Prevalent Worldwide Advertisement
The disease has similar prevalence across high-income and low- and middle-income nations. Advertisement
Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), an updated term for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is present in about half of all individuals with obesity or overweight worldwide, according to findings reported in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Arising from the accumulation of fat in the liver, NAFLD and its more severe form, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), are responsible for a growing proportion of advanced liver disease. The condition is often associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome, as reflected in the new term MAFLD. As a result of inflammation, it can lead to the buildup of scar tissue (fibrosis), cirrhosis (advanced scarring) and even liver cancer. With no effective approved medical therapies, disease management is dependent on lifestyle changes, such as weight