You could benefit from a lung cancer screening if you are age 55 through 80 years old, have a history of heavy smoking, and are either a current smoker or have quit within the past 15 years. Heavy smoking means a smoking history of 1 pack a day for 30 years or 2 packs a day for 15 years. Other qualifying factors include having a family history of lung cancer, being exposed to certain industrial activities or being raised by parents who smoked. The more risk factors you have, the greater your case for screening.
“The best thing about lung cancer screening is that you have a current picture of your lung health,” says Dr. Greg Dedinsky, thoracic surgeon and member of the Lung Nodule Review Board. “Even if the answer is ‘I’m OK,’ that’s not a bad bit of knowledge.”
Columbus Regional Health offers this painless and non-invasive LDCT lung cancer screening for $25.
Call us at 812-669-1628 to schedule a quick checkup.
Learn more about our Lung Nodule Review Board
Lung cancer screenings are conducted at Columbus Diagnostic Imaging.
Need Help Quitting Tobacco?
For free help, call 1-800-QUIT-NOW
This FREE telephone-based resource is available to all Hoosiers 18 years and older. Simply call 1-800-QUIT-NOW or 1-800-784-8669 from 8 a.m. to 3 a.m., 7 days a week or visit the QUIT NOW website for more information.
Enroll in a community smoking cessation class.
CRH offers group tobacco cessation classes for adults 18 years and older. Each class session meets one night a week for 8 weeks. $35 covers the cost of the program. To enroll call 1-800-699-1019 or email healthycommunities@crh.org.