Lung Diseases

• More than 35 million Americans are living with chronic lung disease. This number is rising every year.
  
• Approximately 50% of those diagnosed with lung cancer have never smoked or are former smokers.
  
• Every year lung cancer kills more women than breast cancer and more men than prostate cancer.
  
• Early detection would discover lung cancer while still localized in the lungs and quadruple the survival rate.
  
• Only 16% of all lung cancers are diagnosed that early.

Our CT scan of the chest takes a closer look your lungs and can provide specific information on the presence of tumors and lung disorders such as emphysema, bronchitis, pneumonia and other obstructive pulmonary diseases. These diseases are often caused by smoking, second hand smoke, pollutants and cancer. A CT scan is considered to be the definitive technique for diagnosing lung cancer and is capable of diagnosing even very small tumors. Recent research, as highlighted on the NBC Nightly News, shows that if a lung cancer lesion is caught early enough, chemotherapy and/or radiation may be avoided. The earlier the diagnosis, the more treatment options that are available providing a greater chance for controlling or curing many lung diseases including cancer.