Find Lung Cancer Early
Find Lung Cancer Early
Improve your odds of living longer. Find out if a Low-Dose CT Scan is right for you.
A low-dose CT scan can reduce your risk of dying from lung cancer by 20%, if you are considered high-risk. The screening is painless, involves no needles or medication and only takes about one minute. The low-dose CT scan is effective because it can identify potential lung cancer in the earliest stages of the disease when it is more treatable.
If you meet the following criteria, talk to your doctor because you may qualify for a free, low-dose CT scan through your health insurance. Criteria for a potentially free, low-dose CT scan includes:
- Have a 20 pack-year or more history. A pack-year is smoking an average of one pack of cigarettes per day for one year. For example, a person could have a 20 pack-year history by smoking one pack a day for 20 years or two packs a day for 10 years.
- Smoke now or have quit within the past 15 years.
- Are between 50 and 80 years old.
- Have no signs or symptoms of lung cancer.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is a lung cancer screening?
- How effective is a low-dose CT scan at preventing death from lung cancer?
- How does the low-dose CT help?
- How is the exam performed?
- What is the best way to prevent cancer?
- Where can I get help to quit tobacco?
A low-dose CT screening produces a 3-D image of the lungs while using less than 25% of the radiation of a regular computerized tomography (CT) scan.
