Providers
Talk to patients who smoke or have smoked about getting a lung cancer screening.
A low-dose CT scan can find lung cancer before symptoms appear, reducing the risk of dying from lung cancer.
Eligibility
Who Should Be Screened?
- Have smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 20 or more years, or two packs a day for 10 or more years
- Currently smoke or quit smoking within the last 15 years
- Are between 50 and 80 years old
When screening may no longer be recommended
- They have not smoked for 15 years
- They develop a health problem that substantially limits life expectancy or the ability to have curative lung surgery
Updated in April 2021.
How to Schedule a Screening
- Discuss screening with the patient
- Suggest enrolling in the Delaware Quitline if the patient still smokes
- Review and complete the referral and consent form with the patient
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Videos
Low-Dose CT Lung Scans
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death. A low-dose CT lung scan may save a patient's life.
Provider Perspective
Dr. Stephen Grubbs explains why lung cancer screenings are important for eligible patients.
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