The Queen's Medical Center is now offering a low dose, CT, lung cancer screening exam to the people of Hawaii. This is the most technologically advanced lung cancer screening exam available. The CT equipment can detect lung cancers that would be too small to be seen on a standard chest x-ray. This program was introduced at Queen's based on the results of several studies of this screening technique. It has been documented that, for lung cancer, such techniques can detect disease at an early stage.
Cure rates are much better for early stage disease.
CT stands for Computed or Computerized Tomography. That is a complicated name for the equipment that uses a computer to produce a very detailed, x-ray picture. LaurusHealth's Medical Test Guide offers additional information on CT Scan of the Body 2. A screening exam is a test performed to detect possible disease before signs or symptoms suggest the presence of disease. It is hoped that disease detected in this way will be at an early stage with a much better potential for cure.