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Jump to full article: Buffalo (NY) News, 2002-06-18
Author: TOM BUCKHAM / News Staff Reporter
Intro: The New York Early Lung Cancer Action Project (NY-ECLAP), led by Dr. Donald Klippenstein of the diagnostic radiology department, aims to see if low-dose spiral CT scans can detect the disease at an early stage among high risk people.
It seeks men and women age 60 or older who at some point smoked at least a pack of cigarettes a day for 10 years or two packs a day for five years and have never been diagnosed with cancer. . .
Lung Cancer Surveillance in High Risk Patients (using) Fluorescence Bronchoscopy and Spiral CT Scan of the Chest. Dr. Gregory Loewen of the department of medicine will compare the ability of these and other tests to detect the disease at an early stage among high-risk patients.
Participants must have at least two risk factors, including documented pulmonary asbestosis or asbestos-related pleural disease, a history of previously treated cancer of the lung, larynx or esophagus - followed by a disease-free period of more than two years - or a history of having smoked more than a pack a day for 20 years. . .
To ask about registering for a trial, call (877) 275-7724 or visit the Web site at www.roswellpark.org.
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