Lung Cancer Screenings
What screening tests are available for lung cancer?
Baptist Health offers affordable lung cancer screenings for those at risk, and our lung cancer screening program can often help if insurance will not cover the cost. Screening is safe and can help detect lung cancer at the earliest possible stage, which can greatly increase life expectancy and quality of life.
Lung cancer screening is done using a low-dose computed tomography (CT or CAT) scan. Research shows that screening with low-dose CT scans can reduce the risk of death from lung cancer for people at high risk of getting the disease. Low-dose CT scans use about one-fifth as much radiation as conventional CT scans, to minimize any radiation risk.
Most nonsmokers do not need to be screened for lung cancer. But we recommend screening if you:
- Are between the ages of 50 and 80
- 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years.
Lung Cancer Screening
For those 50-80 years old, screening is recommended for current smokers and those with a heavy smoking history.
Learn About Lung Cancer Screenings.
Herbert Wertheim Cancer Institute and LUNGevity Foundation Named Awardees in the Advancing Health Equity QuickFire Challenge
Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC, in collaboration with the Population Health Research team at Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, named LUNGevity Foundation and Herbert Wertheim Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida, as awardees in the Advancing Health Equity QuickFire Challenge. As an awardee, Herbert Wertheim Cancer Institute, in collaboration with LUNGevity Foundation, will receive grant funding to develop and implement a geographically tailored and patient-centric lung cancer screening education program for the Latinx community. For more information on the Advancing Health Equity QuickFire Challenge, visit here.
