A CT scan machine at Quinnipiac University's Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences in North Haven, Conn.
A CT scan machine at Quinnipiac University's Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences in North Haven, Conn. Do you know that, if you are a current or former smoker, there is a test that is more likely to save your life than a yearly mammogram or a screening colonoscopy?
A low-dose chest CT scan is a quick, noninvasive test that detects lung cancer in its early stages when it can still be surgically resected. The scan itself lasts about a minute, involves safe levels of radiation exposure, and does not require intravenous access or lengthy preparation, such as that required for a colonoscopy. Most insurance plans pay the cost.
This corresponds to one life saved for every 320 people scanned. In comparison, it takes 781 mammograms to prevent one breast cancer death, and 1250 screening colonoscopies to prevent one colon cancer death.
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