{
  "id": 6426976,
  "title": "Moving the needle on lung cancer screenings: Medical students work with researchers to improve outcomes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/moving-the-needle-on-lung-cancer-screenings-medical-students-work",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-09T14:20:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-needle-lung-cancer-screenings-medical.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, claiming more than 125,000 lives each year. There is a quick, painless screening test that can detect lung cancer before symptoms appear, when treatment is more effective. Yet more than 80% of those eligible for a low-dose CT scan (LDCT) never get screened.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}