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

Our progress against lung cancer is something to celebrate. Millions of lives have been saved in the U.S. alone since rates of smoking began to drop in the mid-1960s. And as smoking continues to ...

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 ...

Lung cancer screenings are available at area Ascension St. Vincent locations through Check Up 13. For more information or to ...

That is a significant difference that could potentially add years to life. What is a lung cancer screening CT? The only ...

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 ...

Since June 2024, the CNOS Imaging Center in Dakota Dunes has provided low-dose CT lung screenings. “This is more of a ...

Yet just 16% of eligible people get screened for lung cancer, far lower than screening rates for colorectal ... The screenings consist of annual low-dose CT scans. Only about 27% of cases are ...

Smoking and tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, with few groups as heavily ...