{"id":401378,"date":"2023-11-27T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=401378"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Mayo-Clinic-expert-on-the-importance-of-lung-cancer-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Mayo-Clinic-expert-on-the-importance-of-lung-cancer-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayo Clinic expert on the importance of lung cancer screening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Screening for lung cancer can save lives, and there\u2019s an urgent need for more screening of people of color. That\u2019s one of the takeaways from the newly released \u201cState of Lung Cancer\u201d report from the American Lung Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cLung cancer is the largest (cancer) killer of adult men and women worldwide. Many of the reasons for that is it\u2019s so late in its stage, often, when it\u2019s diagnosed,\u201d says Dr. Janani Reisenauer, a thoracic surgeon and interventional pulmonologist at Mayo Clinic. \u201cHistorical data show that 70% of lung cancers that were being diagnosed were at stage 3, which makes it much more challenging to treat and cure someone of lung cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough lung cancer screening, we\u2019ve been able to identify patients much earlier in their stage, which gives them more treatment options and much more hopeful chances of cure. For that reason, screening is important,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

The latest update from the American Cancer Society recommends that people with a substantial smoking history undergo an annual low-dose CT scan for lung cancer screening. Dr. Reisenauer says the new guidelines allow a broader population to be eligible for screening.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny patient with a significant smoking history and over age 55 (are the new guidelines). It used to be just 20 years of smoking, and now we\u2019ve redefined it to say the number of cigarettes per day times the number of years smoking,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if you were smoking for only 10 years and not 20 years, but you were smoking twice as much, you might also be a candidate under the new screening guidelines for a CT,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Dr. Reisenauer recommends that eligible patients talk with their primary care team to let them know you are interested in screening.<\/p>\n

How lung cancer screening works<\/p>\n

Screening includes a low-dose CT scan to detect suspicious lung nodules and signs of lung cancer. Detecting lung cancer in its early stages significantly increases the likelihood of successful treatment and cure.<\/p>\n

If lung cancer is confirmed, Dr. Reisenauer says a patient will work with a multidisciplinary team to decide the best treatment option.<\/p>\n

She says Mayo Clinic continues to pioneer lung cancer treatment through research and innovation, working for better patient outcomes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe generate patient-specific individualized custom treatments for those patients, whether it\u2019s given IV or a surgery, or something completely novel like through the robotic bronchoscope. Our understanding of how a patient gets lung cancer and how we can treat it to where it\u2019s not the No. 1 cancer killer worldwide\u2014I think we\u2019ll make much movement there in the next 10 to 20 years,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think screening is a part of that so we can capture these patients early, understand what we\u2019re dealing with. But as we\u2019re capturing these patients, we are trying to understand how these tumors behave on a cellular, molecular and genetic level. This is very new, and it\u2019s an area of interesting science,<\/p>\n


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