New tool can spot those most at risk of developing lung cancer, say researchers

New tool can spot those most at risk of developing lung cancer, say researchers Lives could be saved by a new tool that identifies those most at risk of developing lung cancer, according to researchers.

The CanPredict tool can spot those most at risk of developing the disease over the next decade and put them forward for screening tests earlier, researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Nottingham said. The Independent

See also:

• Predicting the future risk of lung cancer: development, and internal and external validation of the CanPredict (lung) model in 19·67 million people and evaluation of model performance against seven other risk prediction models (open access) The Lancet Respiratory Medicine