Lung nodules — abnormal growths in the lung — may show up on X-rays and CT scans as a spot or shadow. While most are benign and are not cancer, they do need to be investigated to rule out cancer and monitored for growth or other worrisome changes that may indicate cancer.
Lung Cancer Screening
Even though Tina had stopped smoking more than 10 years ago, she still fit the criteria for lung cancer screening.
Roswell Park Comprehensive Care Center’s Lung Cancer Screening Program utilizes a practical metric to help patients assess their smoking history and determine whether they should seek lung cancer screening known as the Pack/Year.
Compared to other types of cancer screenings, the test for detecting early lung cancer — a low-dose CT scan of the chest — is easy, quick and painless! (No prep required, no blood draw, and you even keep your clothes on!)
“We want to go from 70% of lung cancers being diagnosed when surgery is not an option to 70% diagnosed when most can be,” Dr. Reid says.
“We’re reminding people to get their mammograms, their colorectal screenings and, for men, their prostate screenings.”
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