Early Detection May Help Kentucky Tamp Down Its Lung Cancer Crisis
Lung cancer death rates are worst in a swath of states including Kentucky and its neighbors Tennessee and West Virginia.
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Lung cancer death rates are worst in a swath of states including Kentucky and its neighbors Tennessee and West Virginia.
Kentucky screens more residents at high risk of developing lung cancer than any state except Massachusetts, according to the American Lung Association.
Anthony Stumbo’s heart sank after the doctor shared his mother’s chest X-ray.
Anthony Stumbo’s heart sank after the doctor shared his mother’s chest X-ray.
After a decade of work, a Kentucky program launched to diagnose lung cancer earlier is beginning to change the prognosis for residents by catching tumors when they’re more treatable.