Who Should Be Screened for 肺癌?
If you're concerned about lung cancer, here's what you need to know about screening tests.
Anyone can get lung cancer although smoking is the single biggest risk factor 和 causes about 85% of lung cancer cases. When found early, lung cancer is treatable. But symptoms don't usually appear until the cancer is advanced. That's why although lung cancer is the third most common type of cancer in the United 状态s, it is the leading cause of cancer-related death.
Early detection may help save your life but screening is only recommended for adults who are at high risk for lung cancer, are relatively healthy 和 have no symptoms. But how do you know if or when you should be screened?
美国.S. Preventive 服务 Task Force 和 the American Cancer Society recommend that adults between the ages of 55 和 80 who currently smoke or have quit in the past 15 years 和 have at least a 30 pack-year smoking history (equal to smoking a pack a day for 30 years or 2 packs a day for 15 years) get an annual low-dose chest CT scan. The CT scan is non-invasive 和 only takes about 10 minutes to complete.
The goal of this recommendation is to make it easier to identify lung cancer at its earliest stages, when it has the highest chance of being cured. The National Lung Screening Trial found that people who got a low-dose CT scan had a 20% lower chance of dying from lung cancer than those who got chest x-rays. The most common risk of the screening is finding abnormal readings that require further testing but are not actually cancer.
If you're concerned about whether you should be screened for lung cancer due to your age 和 smoking history, talk to your doctor about the risks 和 benefits so you can decide if this test is right for you. 你应该注意, 然而, that getting screened for lung cancer is not a substitute for quitting smoking. The best way to lower your risk for lung cancer is to quit.
How to Schedule a Lung-Cancer Screening Appointment at Guthrie
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To speak to a Guthrie provider 和/or see if you qualify for lung-cancer screening, call 570-887-2847 选择选项3. You may be scheduled at any of Guthrie’s Medicare-approved screening sites, in 宾西法尼亚 or 纽约.
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