Beebe Healthcare Offering Saturday Appointments for National Lung Cancer Screening Day
Beebe Healthcare is offering Saturday appointments on Nov. 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for lung cancer screenings at Beebe Imaging Rehoboth on the Abessinio Health Campus.
As part of a statewide effort to recognize National Lung Cancer Screening Day, Beebe is dedicated to raising awareness around this deadly disease.
In Delaware, the smoking rate is 13.4%, and out of all the high-risk patients, only 6.3% are screened. This ranks above the national average but we want to do even more screenings to possibly save lives. Also, just 27.9% of those who qualify reported having a CT scan for lung cancer screening in the past year. Most diagnoses occur at advanced stages, where treatment is more challenging, and survival rates drop.
The latest guidelines suggest those who are between the ages of 50-80 and have either smoked one pack a day for 20 years, or two packs a day for 10 years meet the definition of high risk.
If you meet those criteria, you should talk to your primary care provider about a referral for a low dose CT scan (low dose computerized tomography), which allows high risk patients to be screened before symptoms begin.
For this event, a physician referral is required to be screened. If a patient is eligible and would like to schedule an appointment, please contact your primary care physician and request a referral. With a referral, patients can call 302-645-3278 to schedule the lung cancer screening appointment for Nov. 9. Please mention you want to be screened as part of this event when you call.
Lung cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer and is expected to claim the lives of 127,000 Americans this year. Screening leads to early detection, and early detection leads to more saved lives.