{"id":24265,"date":"2022-11-03T00:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T07:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?p=24265"},"modified":"2025-12-29T10:52:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T18:52:50","slug":"early-stage-lung-cancer-detection-program-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/early-stage-lung-cancer-detection-program-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Early-stage Lung Cancer Detection Program Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article\">\n\t<header class=\"header\">\n\t\t<span class=\"type\"><\/span>\t\t<h1>Early-stage Lung Cancer Detection Program Launched<\/h1>\t\t<time>November 3, 2022<\/time>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div id=\"block_0a3e2bd0dbe1d4ea061dede446ac6775\" class=\"shs-block block-news-article entry-content\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>Samaritan recently rolled out the first phase of its lung cancer screening program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEarly\u2011stage lung cancer screening programs have really only evolved in the last 10 years and up to this point, have primarily been led by larger institutions,\u201d said Clinical Research Manager Anthony Franklin, with Samaritan Research &amp; Quality Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women and is the leading cause of U.S. cancer death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOften lung cancer goes undetected until symptoms present, which means it has reached a more advanced stage, making it harder to treat,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/patients-visitors\/find-a-doctor\/mizak-vanessa-1669860979\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vanessa Mizak, FNP<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/find-a-location\/samaritan-pulmonology-corvallis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samaritan Pulmonology \u2013 Corvallis<\/a> and lead practitioner for the lung cancer screening program. \u201cThat is why the lung cancer screening program may benefit higher\u2011risk patients that are not\u00a0 yet showing signs or symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many factors are considered before screening begins such as age and smoking history. Patients must be 50 to 77 years old and have 20 or more years of smoking history and either be a current smoker or have quit within the past 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once evaluated, eligible patients receive a low-dose CT scan. Based on the results, a follow\u2011up care plan is created. \u201cI have received a lot of positive response from my <br>patients \u2014 many saying \u2018OK, let\u2019s get it done!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some patients may be a bit averse but that doesn\u2019t mean the conversation stops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI continue to broach the topic of smoking and reiterate the importance of screenings and how they save lives,\u201d said Mizak. \u201cBecause at the end of the day, it\u2019s about taking care of the community, being honest about smoking and the health benefits of quitting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you think you meet the criteria for this program, talk to your provider about getting a referral to Vanessa Mizak, FNP, or <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/patients-visitors\/find-a-doctor\/knight-james-1245402320\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James Knight, MD,<\/a> with Samaritan Pulmonology \u2013 Corvallis.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lungs-CO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lungs-CO.jpg 360w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lungs-CO-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lungs-CO-120x100.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samaritan recently rolled out the first phase of its lung cancer screening program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":14283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"news-topics":[294,282],"news-types":[270],"services":[260],"specialty":[85],"class_list":["post-24265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","news-topics-womens-health","news-topics-mens-health","news-types-feature-article","services-pulmonary-care-rehabilitation","specialty-pulmonology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24265"},{"taxonomy":"news-topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topics?post=24265"},{"taxonomy":"news-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-types?post=24265"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=24265"},{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=24265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}