Some doctors claim that lung cancer can be detected on fluorography, while others advise turning to computed tomography.
How are things really?
Doctors prescribe computed tomography for people at risk of development cancer- these are patients over 55 years of age with a long-term smoker experience. If you do not belong to this category, there is no need to refer to this type of medical research every year.But fluorography cannot be called a 100% way of detecting cancer.
Not in all cases, the oncological process can be noticed, especially in the early stages.
Benefits of fluorography
Fluorography is a fast and economical way of examining the condition of the lungs. In just a day, you can get results, while oncological processes can be detected not only in the lungs, but also in the heart, diaphragm.
Fluorography is harmless and painless, and the radiation dose is negligible.If the fluorogram is taken correctly, then an experienced specialist will see:
- Pleural inflammation.
- Deposition of calcium in the heart muscle.
- Expansion of the roots of the bronchi and lungs, as well as fibrous tissues.
- Reinforced vascular pattern.
- Focal shadows of oncological tumors.
Lung cancer will not be noticeable if the focus is in the basal segments of the lower right lobe of the organ (its obstructs the liver), the lesions themselves are still too small or the cancer is located deep in tissues.
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