Yesterday’s news that spiral CT screening reduces the death rate for heavy smokers is a vindication of sorts for patient advocates and researchers at Cornell who championed it.

See Boston Health News for a report on how the findings and how they was covered. Or, if you just want to read the Globe or NYTimes story, you can go straight to the source.

Or check out the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program, a a group of 48 institutions in 9 countries, dedicated to studying the benefits associated with early detection of lung cancer by CT screening, and the best practices for using it.