New lung cancer screening guidelines increase eligibility for high-risk patients: Should you be screened?
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The American Cancer Society (ACS) has announced new guidelines for lung cancer screenings. Find out if you're part of the high-risk group that should get screened each year.
The ACS now recommends annual low-dose CT scans for people aged 50 to 80 who have a 20+ pack-year history of smoking, which was previously set at 30. "The whole objective … is to capture as many high-risk patients in that population as possible to have an impact." Angelica Stabile is a lifestyle writer for Fox News Digital.
A pack year is equivalent to smoking one pack, or about 20 cigarettes, per day for one year, according to ACS.
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