National Lung Cancer Screening Day is Nov. 9. As a leader in lung cancer diagnosis and treatment, Englewood Health will offer low-dose CT (LDCT) lung cancer screening, for eligible patients, at three locations in northern New Jersey on Saturday. The health system is encouraging smokers and former smokers to call in advance and make an appointment for a screening.
Why is this important?
Lung cancer screening saves lives.
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women and the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). The ACS estimates about 125,000 deaths from lung cancer in the U.S. in 2024. Screening patients at higher risk of lung cancer can save lives because finding lung cancer at earlier stages can increase the chance of treating it successfully.
Sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the National Lung Cancer Round Table, American College of Radiology, Radiology Health Equity Coalition and GO2 for Lung Cancer, National Lung Cancer Screening Day has two main goals:
- Raise awareness of early cancer detection through regular lung cancer screening; and
- Reduce access disparities
With this year’s theme, “The Next Life Saved May Be Yours,” the campaign asks facilities to open their doors on the second Saturday in November for LDCT lung cancer screening.
How it works:
Englewood Health is offering low-dose CT lung cancer screening at three locations on Nov. 9, 2024.
Locations include:
- Englewood Hospital, 350 Engle Street, Englewood
- Englewood Hospital Imaging at Fair Lawn, 22-02 Broadway, Suite 201, Fair Lawn
- Englewood Hospital Imaging at Jersey City, 2 Journal Square, Jersey City
To make an appointment, call: 201-894-3640.
Most insurances are accepted, and free parking is available.
Those who are eligible for lung cancer screening, and cannot make it on Saturday, Nov. 9, are encouraged to call and make an appointment for another day.
To qualify, patients must be:
- 50 – 80 years old
- current or former smoker (quit within 15 years)
- have a 20-pack year smoking history (one pack a day for 20 years or two packs a day for 10 years)
- have no signs or symptoms of lung cancer, and no diagnosis of cancer within the past five years
What are people saying?
“A low-dose CT scan is a quick, painless test that can detect lung cancer early, before symptoms appear, when it is most treatable,” Dr. Christos Stavropoulos, director of thoracic oncology at The Lefcourt Family Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center at Englewood Health, said. “Over the past decade, there have been many advances in lung cancer treatment that have impacted survival rates. If we catch lung cancer early, we can potentially cure it. That is the reason lung cancer screening is so important: because early detection saves lives.”
“Currently only about 20% of people who are eligible for LDCT lung cancer screening get screened,” Dr. Sevak Keshishyan, director of interventional pulmonology and associate director of the Lung Cancer Program at Englewood Health, said. “Finding cancers earlier improves the outcomes for patients, so it is essential that as physicians, and as a community, we raise awareness of the importance of lung cancer screening.”
