Halifax Health expands lung cancer diagnostic and treatment services

The American Cancer Society recommends annual lung cancer screening for current or past smokers, ages 50 to 80, with at least a 20 pack-year smoking history.

  • By Observer Staff
  • | 2:00 p.m. November 19, 2023
Halifax Health offers a comprehensive lung screening program that includes risk assessment, counseling, and LDCT scans. Courtesy photo
Halifax Health offers a comprehensive lung screening program that includes risk assessment, counseling, and LDCT scans. Courtesy photo
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Halifax Health has expanded its diagnostic and treatment services at the Charles L and Miki N Grant Cancer Center for Hope, in line with the new lung scan recommendations released by the American Cancer Society last week. 

Nearly 5 million additional people are recommended to get screened for lung cancer under the updated guideline, which expanded its recommendations to include older adults who smoke or formerly smoked — no matter how long ago they quit smoking, according to a press release.

Previously, the American Cancer Society recommended annual lung cancer screening for adults ages 55 to 74 with at least a 30 pack-year smoking history who either currently smoke or quit smoking less than 15 years ago. 

 

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