What are the benefits of lung screening? What are the risks? What happens when you get a lung screening exam? Get answers from Dr. Jo-Anne Shepard, director of Thoracic Imaging at Mass General.
Lung screening has the potential to detect lung cancer at earlier stages when it has the best chance of being cured. If you have a long history of smoking cigarettes and you meet the other criteria, you may be eligible to have insurance cover lung screening. Learn more about lung screening on our website: bit.ly/32HuTgU
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[Music] The major benefit of lung cancer screening is that lung cancer can be cured if it's discovered in early stages before it becomes symptomatic.
As with all CT exams, low dose CT screening for lung cancer exposes you to some radiation. However the dose is about one quarter standard chest CT dose.
When you arrive in the department, you will be asked to lie on a CT scanner table. Take a deep breath for a few seconds, with your arms over your head. When the scan is done you are free to leave. A radiologist will interpret the findings and send a report to your doctor.
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