Hospitals Offering Lung Cancer CT Scans

A number of medical centers offer CT scans to detect lung cancer in smokers.

ByABC News
June 29, 2011, 4:37 PM

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