Lung cancer is an ugly disease. More importantly, it’s a disease that isn’t seeing much progress in terms of treatments and cures in comparison with other kinds of cancer. A new article by eMax Health says that part of the reason for this is that doctors are failing to take advantage of the new lung cancer screening technology that is out on the market. The example that they share is the new 64-slice CT scanner which uses a combination of computer technology and X-ray technology to look at super-thin digital images of the lungs.
The 64-slice CT scanner is out there and is being used by some medical offices (such as Sacramento HeartScan) but it isn’t yet seeing widespread use. There is concern in the medical industry that if this lung cancer screening technology doesn’t start to spread, the rates for lung cancer improvement will fail to improve. Unfortunately, there is also continued controversy about the need for such screening. Although research has proven that lung cancer is best cured when caught very early on through a screening process, many still say that screening before you’ve been diagnosed as high-risk for lung cancer is an unnecessary procedure.
Photo from Newport Body Scan.
