One of the best ways to reduce the risk of lung cancer is by quitting smoking or to not start smoking. Essentia Health can help patients ditch smoking with the help of smoking-cessation experts .

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But even once you’ve stopped smoking, your risk isn’t completely gone. For patients who used to smoke heavily, screening for lung cancer through a low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scan may be the ...

Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screenings are available for those who are age 50 to 80, are active smokers or who quit smoking less than 15 years ago, or have a 20-pack-per-year ...

One in 16 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime. As the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., ...

(KERO) — The Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center are offering residents in the community free LDCT scans in honor of Lung ...

Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is encouraging all eligible adults to add a lung cancer CT scan to their November to-do ...

The American Lung Association suggests combating this issue by getting screened for lung cancer. "Lung cancer screening is an ... years or more should get a CT scan. This scan can detect small ...

SO IF YOU FALL INTO ANY ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES, YOU SHOULD TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT A LOW DOSE CT SCAN IN ORDER TO PROTECT YOU FROM DYING FROM LUNG CANCER. FOR HEALTHBEAT, I' Screening for lung ...

We also want to ensure that those at high risk for lung cancer know that low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening is ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Monroe and Nicholas counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.

Lung cancer remains one of the most prevalent forms of cancer worldwide. In the United States alone, it’s the second most ...