LUNG CANCER SCREENING P ROGRAM

TREATMENT OPT IONS

• Program includes: ▼ Annual low-dose CT scans ▼ Access to tobacco cessation programs ▼ Consultations from health care providers ▼ Lung cancer support group

• Eligible patients include: ▼ Current or former smoker age 50 or older ▼ Have smoked equivalent one pack of cigarettes a day for at least 20 years ▼ Lung cancer survivors are also considered

LUNG CANCERF A C T S / S T A T S

LUNG CANCERkills more people than colon,breast and prostate combined.

ANNUALPROJECTEDNUMBER OFDEATHS: LUNG - 160,000 COLON - 50,830 PROSTATE - 29,720BREAST - 39,620

Each year more men arediagnosed with lung cancer, but more

women are living with the disease.

30%70%

70% of cancer is from smoking30% of cancer has no identifiable cause

Risk factors: smoking, secondhand smoke, radon, asbestos,diesel exhaust, air pollution

Early detection and multidisciplinary care is the best way to fight lung cancer.

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