Lucknow: The number of lung cancer patients in the country is increasing rapidly. In view of this, Apollo Medics Super Specialty Hospital Lucknow is going to provide low dose CT scan facility on World Lung Cancer Awareness Day. This is a screening test for lung cancer. Patients will get this facility at Apollo Medics Super Specialty Hospital at a very cheap rate.
Dr. Abhishek Verma, Pulmonologist of Apollo Medics Super Specialty Hospital, said that every adult above 50 years of age must undergo low dose CT scan. This test can detect the signs of cancer in the lungs. If this cancer is identified at the right time, its accurate treatment is possible. In most cases, the symptoms of this cancer are detected late.
Dr. Abhishek Verma said that this cancer occurs more in men than women. The reason for this is men’s habit of smoking, cigarettes, beedis. Active smokers and people who have quit smoking are susceptible to this cancer. Workers working in factories that emit pollution such as coal mines, asbestos factories, silicosis factories also fall in the vulnerable category.
He said that generally women in the society consume less cigarettes and bidis than men. The main reason for lung cancer in women is the wooden stoves in villages. The smoke coming out of the wooden or cow dung stove causes cancer in women’s lungs.
Low dose CT does not cause radiation exposure
Radiologist Dr. Shuchi Singh said that low dose CT scan is one of the most modern tests for screening lung cancer. Usually CT scan is done to identify cancer in the lungs. There is radiation exposure in this test. It is a standard that CT scan should be done only once a year. To reduce this risk of radiation, low dose CT scan has been started. This is an X-ray based CT scan. In which there is only 20 percent radiation exposure as compared to normal CT scan.
CEO and MD of Apollo Medics Super Specialty Hospital, Dr. Mayank Somani said that Apollo Medics Super Specialty Hospital is committed to providing state-of-the-art treatment facilities to patients. Our standards are excellent. The group is adopting the rapidly developing trends in the field of medical technology. The introduction of low-dose CT scan for lung cancer screening for the first time in the state is proof of this.
