Englewood Health Participates in National Lung Cancer Screening Day

Offers Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening for Eligible Patients at Three Locations

November 5, 2024 - Englewood Health will participate in National Lung Cancer Screening Day on Saturday, November 9, by providing low-dose CT (LDCT) lung cancer screenings for eligible patients at three locations in northern New Jersey. Smokers and former smokers are encouraged to schedule an appointment in advance for this important screening, which could be lifesaving.

“A low-dose CT scan is a quick, painless test that can detect lung cancer early, before symptoms appear, when it is most treatable,” says Christos I. Stavropoulos, MD, director of thoracic oncology at The Lefcourt Family Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center at Englewood Health. “Over the past decade, there have been many advances in lung cancer treatment that have impacted survival rates. If we catch lung cancer early, we can potentially cure it. That is the reason lung cancer screening is so important: because early detection saves lives.”

On November 9, Englewood Health will offer LDCT lung cancer screenings at the following locations:

• Englewood Hospital, 350 Engle Street, Englewood
• Englewood Hospital Imaging at Fair Lawn, 22-02 Broadway, Suite 201, Fair Lawn
• Englewood Hospital Imaging at Jersey City, 2 Journal Square, Jersey City

Appointments can be scheduled by calling 201-894-3640. Most insurance plans are accepted, and free parking will be available. For those unable to attend on November 9, Englewood Health encourages eligible individuals to schedule their screenings for a future date.

To qualify for a lung cancer screening, patients must meet the following criteria:

• Be between 50 and 80 years old
• Be a current smoker or have quit within the past 15 years
• Have a 20 pack-year smoking history (e.g., one pack a day for 20 years or two packs a day for 10 years)
• Have no signs or symptoms of lung cancer and no cancer diagnosis within the last five years

“Currently only about 20% of people who are eligible for LDCT lung cancer screening get screened,” says Sevak Keshishyan, MD, director of interventional pulmonology and associate director of the Lung Cancer Program at Englewood Health. “Finding cancers earlier improves the outcomes for patients, so it is essential that as physicians, and as a community, we raise awareness of the importance of lung cancer screening.”

National Lung Cancer Screening Day offers an opportunity to change these statistics by encouraging at-risk individuals to take proactive steps in protecting their health. Englewood Health is honored to participate in this mission, making lung cancer screening accessible to more people in the northern New Jersey community.