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- Former Smokers Get Newly Funded Scan For Lung Cancer And Encourage Others To Do The Same, After Finding Cancer In Time
The number of smokers choosing to get low-dose CT scans to see if they have lung cancer is steadily increasing, especially since this screening was recently approved for payment by Medicare, Grace Schneider reports for The Courier-Journal. Janet Overman...
- Medicare To Pay For Ct Scans Of People At High Risk Of Lung Cancer
Medicare will now pay for low-dose CT scans for people at high risk of getting lung cancer, a change welcomed by officials in Kentucky, which leads the nation in lung cancer and deaths from it. "This is an important new Medicare preventive benefit since...
- Lung Cancer Gets Much Less Research Funding Than Other Cancers, But Is Deadlier, Especially In Kentucky
Lung cancer takes more lives annually than breast, prostate, and colon cancers combined, but the disease "generally doesn't get the public attention or research dollars in proportion to its lethality," Arielle Densen, co-founder of Lung Cancer Free...
- Kentucky Gets A $7 Million Grant To Improve Survival Rates For Lung Cancer, In Which It Leads The Nation
The University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville and the Lung Cancer Alliance have joined in a unique project called Kentucky LEADS (Lung Cancer, Education, Awareness, Detection, Survivorship) Collaborative to assess new approaches for identifying...
- Low-dose Ct Scans Find Lung Cancer Before X-rays, Save Lives
Low-dose computed tomography, commonly known as CT scans, are reducing lung-cancer deaths by finding the cancer early before it spreads to other parts of the body, UK HealthCare reports. Used as a screening tool, the American College of Radiology says CT...
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McConnell seeks 'timely and fair review' of plan for Medicare coverage of CT scans for those at high risk for lung cancer
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell asked Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to "give a timely and fair review to determine whether low-dose computerized tomography (CT) scans should be covered by Medicare for patients at high-risk for developing lung cancer," a press release form his office said.
"Lung cancer has the highest mortality rate of all cancers in the United States," Mconnell said. "Additionally, my home state of Kentucky has the highest state mortality rate of lung cancer in the country, and the disease claims the lives of approximately 3,000 Kentuckians every year."
CT scans should be used to detect lung cancer early in individuals who who have a high risk for the disease, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends. High-risk individuals are those between 55 and 80 who have smoked a pack of cigarettes each day for 30 or more days. The task force noted a significant reduction in deaths from the disease as a result of early detection through CT scans. (Read more)
"Lung cancer has the highest mortality rate of all cancers in the United States," Mconnell said. "Additionally, my home state of Kentucky has the highest state mortality rate of lung cancer in the country, and the disease claims the lives of approximately 3,000 Kentuckians every year."
CT scans should be used to detect lung cancer early in individuals who who have a high risk for the disease, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends. High-risk individuals are those between 55 and 80 who have smoked a pack of cigarettes each day for 30 or more days. The task force noted a significant reduction in deaths from the disease as a result of early detection through CT scans. (Read more)
- Former Smokers Get Newly Funded Scan For Lung Cancer And Encourage Others To Do The Same, After Finding Cancer In Time
The number of smokers choosing to get low-dose CT scans to see if they have lung cancer is steadily increasing, especially since this screening was recently approved for payment by Medicare, Grace Schneider reports for The Courier-Journal. Janet Overman...
- Medicare To Pay For Ct Scans Of People At High Risk Of Lung Cancer
Medicare will now pay for low-dose CT scans for people at high risk of getting lung cancer, a change welcomed by officials in Kentucky, which leads the nation in lung cancer and deaths from it. "This is an important new Medicare preventive benefit since...
- Lung Cancer Gets Much Less Research Funding Than Other Cancers, But Is Deadlier, Especially In Kentucky
Lung cancer takes more lives annually than breast, prostate, and colon cancers combined, but the disease "generally doesn't get the public attention or research dollars in proportion to its lethality," Arielle Densen, co-founder of Lung Cancer Free...
- Kentucky Gets A $7 Million Grant To Improve Survival Rates For Lung Cancer, In Which It Leads The Nation
The University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville and the Lung Cancer Alliance have joined in a unique project called Kentucky LEADS (Lung Cancer, Education, Awareness, Detection, Survivorship) Collaborative to assess new approaches for identifying...
- Low-dose Ct Scans Find Lung Cancer Before X-rays, Save Lives
Low-dose computed tomography, commonly known as CT scans, are reducing lung-cancer deaths by finding the cancer early before it spreads to other parts of the body, UK HealthCare reports. Used as a screening tool, the American College of Radiology says CT...