Hospitals Offering Lung Cancer CT Scans
A number of medical centers offer CT scans to detect lung cancer in smokers.
June 29, 2011— -- Using CT scans to screen smokers for lung cancer cuts the risk of death from the disease by 20 percent, according to a new study by the National Cancer Institute published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Meanwhile, medical centers across the country currently offer lung cancer screening programs for high-risk patients and pack-a-day smokers. Below is a list of institutions that offer such services.
CALIFORNIA
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
CONNECTICUT
Yale University Cancer Center, New Haven, Conn.
COLORADO
National Jewish Hospital, Denver
University of Colorado Hospital, Denver
FLORIDA
Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Fla.
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Fla.
GEORGIA
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta
ILLINOIS
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
MARYLAND
Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore
MASSACHUSSETTS
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
MICHIGAN
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Mich.
MINNESOTA
Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
NEW YORK
Continuum Cancer Centers of New York
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York
NORTH CAROLINA
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
OHIO