Talk to your patients who smoke or have smoked about getting a lung cancer screening.
A low-dose CT scan can find lung cancer in your patients before they experience symptoms. Studies have shown that this form of screening can detect cancer when it’s most treatable — reducing the risk of dying of lung cancer.
Who Should Be Screened?
Your patients should be screened if they:
- Have smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 20 or more years, or two packs a day for 10 or more years
- Currently smoke or have quit smoking within the last 15 years
- Are between 50 and 80 years old
Your patients should be screened if they:
- Has not smoked for 15 years
- Develops a health problem that substantially limits life expectancy or the ability or willingness to have curative lung surgery
Updated in April 2021
How to Schedule a Lung Cancer Screening
- Discuss the screening with your patients.
- Suggest enrolling in the Delaware Quitline if the patient still smokes.
- Have your patients sign the referral/consent form.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death. A low-dose CT lung scan may save your life.
Dr. Stephen Grubbs talks about the importance of lung cancer screenings for your patients.
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