Lung Cancer Screening at Northern Light Health

Lung cancer doesn’t have to be scary.

Lung cancer can be scary, but with low dose CT lung screening, it can be detected at an early stage when more treatment options are available.

Lung cancer screening with low dose CT scan is designed to detect cancers at an early stage, when patients have no signs or symptoms. The low dose CT scan uses 75% less radiation than the typical CT scan. Bonus: it takes 10 minutes, and it can save your life.
 
Most insurance will cover your annual screening for lung cancer if:

• You are between 50 and 80 years old.
• You smoke or quit in the past 15 years.
• You have not taken antibiotics in the past 12 weeks to treat a lung infection.
• Your average ‘pack year’ is 20 or greater. That’s the number of packs smoked per day multiplied by the number of years you’ve smoked. Check your pack year here.

Breathe a little easier and get screened today.