Lung cancer screening

Lung cancer screening at out Oncology office includes:

• consultation with Medical oncologist,

• low-dose CT-scan chest

Lung cancer is a growing problem around all the world and in Cambodia .

Who has to come for Lung cancer screening? These are people from risk groups:

• smokers: tobacco, marijuana etc.,

• people between 50 and 80 y.o., who quit smoking in the past 15 years,

• secondhand-smokers (ex., non-smoking wives of smokers),

• people after exposure to chemicals (at work, living place): formaldehyde, asbestos, silica, chromium, arsenic, nickel compounds, PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), vinyl chloride, wood dust,

• people after exposure to high-energy radiation (example, after radiation therapy of Hodgkin's lymphoma),

• people with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD). Asthma and tuberculosis appear to be risk factors too. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis may increase the risk of lung cancer by up to 2,

• people with some infectious diseases: HIV, human papillomavirus (HPV),

• people, having 1st- and 2d-degree relatives with lung cancer,

• people, who are for a long time on ACE inhibitors (ramipril, lisinopril, coversyl),

• people with elevated platelet count.

Kindly note, that there some occupations, associated with an increased lung risk include: truck driving , sandblasting, metal working , printing , ceramic making, uranium mining , glass manufacturing

At this moment with have discount 50% for lung cancer screening!

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