Clinical tool accurately classifies benign and malignant nodules on lung scans of smokers

A Terry Fox Research Institute-led study has developed a new clinical risk calculator software that accurately classifies, nine out of ten times, which nodules are benign and malignant on an initial lung computed tomography scan among individuals at high risk for lung cancer. The findings are expected to have immediate clinical impact worldwide among health professionals who currently diagnose and treat individuals at risk for or who are diagnosed with lung cancer, and provide new evidence for developing and improving lung-cancer screening programs. Read more here.