Many older patients do not receive the treatment they need soon enough, which allows the cancer to grow more aggressively, making it harder to treat.
Have a tobacco smoking history of at least 20 “pack years,” meaning an average of one pack per day for 20 years.Kathryn ‘Kitty’ Campuzano, RN, BSN, OCN, nurse navigator, Lung Program, MemorialCare ToddCancer Institute, Long Beach Medical Center. During the screening, the CT scan will look for a mass of tissue in the lung that is smaller than 3 cm in diameter called a lung nodule.
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