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2023 National Lung Cancer Screening Day – Manhattan
November 11, 2023 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Stormont Vail Health offers weekend screening events on National Lung Cancer Screening Day to improve screening access for people unable to take off work during regular clinic hours.
If you’re a patient at the Stormont Vail Health Flint Hills or Manhattan Campuses considered high risk for lung cancer, make screenings part of your routine preventative care – starting with our National Lung Cancer Screening Day event on Saturday, Nov. 11.
To schedule your Saturday, Nov. 11 screening, call your provider’s office to book a consultation appointment or ask to schedule a scan at the event during your next visit. Saturday, Nov. 11 screenings are available to patients who discuss the benefits of this exam and receive orders from their provider during a previous office appointment.
Schedule Your Scan If…
- You’re a current or former smoker
- Between the ages of 50 – 77 & on Medicare
- Between the ages of 50 – 80 with private insurance
- If you quit smoking within the past 15 years
- You have a history of 20 or more Pack Years of smoking (Example: # of packs × # of years = 20)
Screenings are unavailable if you…
- Took antibiotics for pneumonia or a respiratory infection in the last 12 weeks
- Recently noticed bloody sputum (saliva & mucus mixture)
- Unexplainably lost 15 pounds or more in the last 12 months
- Received a chest CT scan within the previous 12 months