White Plains Hospital has launched a lung-cancer screening program in an effort to connect individuals with a significant smoking history, who are at high risk for developing lung cancer, with resources for early detection of disease and more favorable prognoses.

“Since lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, identifying it at an early, potentially curable stage is of great benefit,” says Cynthia Chin, M.D., principal investigator for the Screening Program Study and attending thoracic surgeon at White Plains Hospital. 

 

The program will offer low-dose CT scans free of charge to individuals with a significant smoking history and who do not have any symptoms of lung disease. In addition to providing the means to early detection, the program will provide smoking-cessation counseling and material to all participants who enroll.

 

The risk of a cigarette smoker developing lung cancer is estimated to be 25 times that of a nonsmoker, even if the individual has quit in the last 20 years. 

 

Interested individuals should contact Carly Clemons, Clinical Research Coordinator at the Dickstein Cancer Treatment Center at White Plains Hospital, at 681-2365 or cclemons@wphospital.org.