St. Agnes Healthcare Only Local Participant in Early Lung Cancer Action Program.BALTIMORE -- The recent news surrounding Peter Jennings' diagnosis of lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. and the recent death of Baltimore radio disc jockey disc jockey (DJ) Person who plays recorded music on radio or television or at a nightclub or other live venue. Disc jockey programs became the economic base of many radio stations in the U.S. after World War II. legend Bob Lopez has brought the issue of lung cancer to the forefront and is prompting Marylanders to look at their own risk factors. St. Agnes HealthCare is the only hospital in the Baltimore region to participate in an innovative and breakthrough lung cancer detection program -- the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP). The program uses a spiral CT Spiral CT Also referred to as helical CT, this method allows for continuous 360-degree x-ray image capture. Mentioned in: Computed Tomography Scans scan to detect lung cancer in patients at an early stage. Early I-ELCAP data shows that the procedure effectively detects lung cancer at an earlier stage, thereby increasing the five-year survival five-year survival Epidemiology The timespan that a person survives with a particular dread disease, in particular CA; 5YS facilitates standardization of survival statistics. See Cancer-free survival. rate to 80-90 percent. For more information on I-ELCAP, or to speak with Dr. Enser Cole, M.D. the I-ELCAP principal investigator at St. Agnes please contact Amy Elias at 410-243-3790 or by email at amy@profilespr.com. |
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