PATIENT STORIES
Ms Yang, 56 years
Five years ago, lung screening saved my life. I got a lung screening test because my sister told me there’s now quick and painless technology to check my lungs. This test is even covered by my health insurance because I have smoked at least one pack a day for the last 20 years, so I thought: “Why not?” The one-minute test saved my life. The doctor found a cancerous nodule in my lungs. However, because I was able to detect it early, they were able to treat it and now I am cancer-free. I’m very grateful to be here today, healthy and able to grow old with my family. Don’t wait. Ask your doctor about the lung screening test today.
Mr Chen, 68 years
I never saw the point of lung screening. I smoke at least one pack a day and my father died from lung cancer – if I were to get it, that’s just fate. At my age, should I not just accept fate? But my family refused to let me think this way. They said lung cancer can be treated if discovered early, and that the lung screening test is quick, painless, and covered by health insurance since I meet the criteria. So I did this for my family. I got the lung screening test. Luckily my lungs look ok, though the doctor did say that he wanted me to come back every year to make sure that I stay healthy. For my family, I’ll continue to get my lungs screened every year so that I can live better/more peacefully with my wife and children around me.
WHY YOU SHOULD GET YOUR LUNGS SCREENED
Why You
Should Screen?
What is
Lung Screening?
Benefits
Risks
Screening can detect cancer early when it’s the most treatable.
No preparation, no needles. Painless and simple!
Screening is FREE for most people with Medicare and other health insurance.
Getting screened
does not mean you will be diagnosed with cancer.
A preventative health check, like a mammogram or colonoscopy, that creates a 3-D picture of your lungs with a LOW dose CT scan.
The machine is shaped like a DONUT (no enclosed shape).
Quick! Takes less than a minute.
More treatment options are available
Can be lifesaving if caught early
More treatment options are available
Lung cancer screening decreases your risk of dying from lung cancer by 20%
Prevention can save you more costs in the long run.
Around 1/3 may have a false alarm. This means that they will have a positive lung screen but no cancer is found.
May find other things that are not lung cancer and need more tests
Small amount of radiation, equivalent to 50 cross-country flights.
Why You Should Screen?
Screening can detect cancer early when it’s the most treatable.
No preparation, no needles. Painless and simple!
Screening is FREE for most people with Medicare and other health insurance.
Getting screened
does not mean you will be diagnosed with cancer.
What is Lung Screening?
A preventative health check, like a mammogram or colonoscopy, that creates a 3-D picture of your lungs with a LOW dose CT scan.
The machine is shaped like a DONUT (no enclosed shape).
Quick! Takes less than a minute.
More treatment options are available
Benefits
Can be lifesaving if caught early
More treatment options are available
Lung cancer screening decreases your risk of dying from lung cancer by 20%
Prevention can save you more costs in the long run.
Risks
Around 1/3 may have a false alarm. This means that they will have a positive lung screen but no cancer is found.
May find other things that are not lung cancer and need more tests
Small amount of radiation, equivalent to 50 cross-country flights.
