BC Cancer lung screenings saves lives

PRINCE GEORGE—BC Cancer has launched a new cancer screening program that allows to detect tumours earlier saving countless lives in the process and it only takes 10 minutes

The screening process utilizes a low dose CT scan that takes thousands of pictures inside your body allowing the doctor to take a look at sections of your lung and spot early cancer tumours.

“It’s aimed at patients between the ages of 55 and 74 who have a significant smoking history. And by that we mean have smoked for more than 20 years, either in the past or are still currently smoking, “notes Dr. Shyr Chui, Radiology Lead at the Northern Lung Screening Program. “Patients who would like to join the lung screening program can contact their family practitioner or if they don’t have a family practitioner, they can actually contact the Lung Screening Prevention and Screening Program directly. They’ll be asked a series of questions to see whether they’re eligible for the program and if they are, then a referral will be sent.”