Screening With CT Linked to Drop in Lung Cancer Death

VANCOUVER, B.C. – A school-based intervention that focused on medication adherence and reducing exposure to tobacco smoke significantly improved outcomes in innercity children with asthma in a randomized trial. Children receiving the schoolbased intervention had almost 1 additional symptom-free day per 2-week period during the peak winter asthma season of November to February. The number of symptomfree days increased from an average of 8 days for all children at baseline to 11.9 days per 2-week period with the intervention vs. 11.2 days with usual care. “This difference is larger than what has been seen with more intensive and costly interventions,” said Maria Fagnano, M.P.H., of the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center. The children receiving the intervention were significantly more likely than controls to Screening With CT Linked to Drop in Lung Cancer Death