UW Health is encouraging Wisconsinites to get themselves checked for lung cancer.
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the United States, not counting skin cancer, right behind breast cancer for women and prostate cancer for men.
In fact, someone is diagnosed with lung cancer in the U.S. approximately every two minutes, with approximately 360 deaths per day, accounting for roughly one in five cancer deaths, according to the American Lung Association.
Dr. Cheryl Czerlanis, medical oncologist, UW Health, and professor of medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, notes, “Diagnosing lung cancer before symptoms appear provides us with more treatment options and typically leads to better outcomes for our patients.”
Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT scans has been recommended for those at high risk since 2013, but only 16% of those eligible were screened in 2022, according to the American Lung Association.
For more information on lung cancer and the screening process, visit UWHealth.org.
