MMC Lung Cancer Screening Program

By Snow Tardif, BSN, R.N., Manager, Lung Cancer Screening Program

Dr. Gary Hochheiser, Director of both Thoracic Surgery and the Lung Cancer Screening Program, was featured on the Channel 8 news. He addressed the newly expanded eligibility criteria for lung screening and discussed the importance of lung cancer screening to improve the likelihood of early detection as well as survival rate.

Dr. Hochheiser stated, “It actually has the best data for any screening out there”. One of our lung cancer screening patients was also featured on Channel 8 news and discussed his personal journey from screening to surgical intervention with Dr. Hochheiser, all completed within a month. You can view Dr. Hochheiser and hear about our patient’s journey here: Mainer says lung cancer screening saved his life (wmtw.com)

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