Comprehensive Cancer Center launches clinic

STAFFED WITH radiologists, pulmonologists and behavioral medicine staff, the clinic interprets low-dose CT scans and organizes care for patients requiring treatment.
STAFFED WITH radiologists, pulmonologists and behavioral medicine staff, the clinic interprets low-dose CT scans and organizes care for patients requiring treatment.

PROVIDENCE – With lung cancer remaining the deadliest form of cancer in the country, the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Rhode Island and The Miriam and Newport hospitals recently launched a lung cancer screening clinic.

Staffed with radiologists, pulmonologists and behavioral medicine staff, the clinic interprets low-dose CT scans and organizes care for patients requiring treatment.

“Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. and accounts for nearly 30 percent of all cancer deaths or more than 150,000 a year,” said Dr. Terrance Healey, director of thoracic radiology at Rhode Island Hospital. “Early and accurate detection is essential and through the Lung Cancer Screening Clinic we are able to utilize the most advanced diagnostic imaging technology to accurately interpret low-dose CT scans of those patients who have had an abnormal or positive scan.”

Research shows that early detection is particularly important with lung cancer. Low-dose CT is advised for current or former smokers between the ages of 55 and 74 and who smoke or previously smoked a pack of cigarettes per day for 30 years or more.

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“The Lung Cancer Screening Clinic is an important resource for people who are at risk for developing lung cancer because of how successful low-dose CT is in detecting an abnormality,” said Dr. Melissa Tukey, director of interventional pulmonology at The Miriam and Rhode Island hospitals.

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