Often incidentally, medical professionals detect small, abnormal growths in the lungs, which might cause ... tend to be found by chance during a chest X-ray or CT scan that is done for unrelated ...

Osteoporosis: Special X-ray scans measure bone density to assess osteoporosis. * Bone Tumours: X-rays can detect abnormal growths, including bone cancer. 2. Chest * Lung Conditions: X-rays can ...

Research from the University of Sheffield analyzed records from more than 170,000 lung cancer patients in England between 2014 and 2018, combined with chest x-ray rates from 7,400 GP practices.