Lung Cancer

Now Offering

Ways to Detect Sooner Than Ever

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  Ion Robotic Bronchoscopy

  A minimally invasive and robotic-assisted bronchoscopy

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  Low-Dose CT Scans

  A low-dose scan of the chest which minimizes radiation exposure

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  EBUS

  An endobronchial ultrasound, or flexible tube inserted through mouth into lungs

• "The difference in survival between early and late-stage lung cancer is incredible. The early-stage lung cancer detection survival rate is in the 70% range, and then sometimes it touches 90%. The survival in late stage lung cancer is closer to 15%"

  - Peter Kochupura, MD

  Mon Health Medical Director of Pulmonology

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• Criteria For Low-Dose CT Scan Screenings:

  • Between the ages of 50-80
  • You are a current smoker or a former smoker who quit within the last 15 years
  • You have smoked a pack a day for 20 years or two packs a day for 10 years 
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