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Do i need a chest x-ray every year?
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No: Only when you have appropriate symptoms.
Answered 9/2/2019
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Not usually: Annual screening for lung cancer using standard chest x-ray does not reduce the risk of dying from lung cancer when compared with no annual screening, according to findings from the NCI.Participants in trial were randomly assigned to receive an annual chest x-ray for 4 consecutive years had nearly the same mortality rate from lung cancer as participants randomly assigned to usual care,
Answered 9/2/2019
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