New lung cancer screening guidelines in place for smokers

WABASH VALLEY (WTHI) - New guidelines are in place for people at risk of getting lung cancer.

New guidelines are in place for folks at risk of getting lung cancer.

Those guidelines are from the "u-s prevantative services task force".

They came out earlier this month.

They advise people who are 50 to 80 years old... who have a 20 pack a year smoke history to get screened.

This is different from before.

The task force used to recommend people 55 to 80 who have a 30 pack a year smoke history get screened.

Doctors say lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer related death in the u-s.

They believe this screening will save 12-thousand lives a year.

12:36:41,02 ashis chakrabarti md "i think this help.

S for the common general population to knwot that this is a time for them to get screened.

Sometimes people think..

Why am i doing this.

I'm perfectly healthy nothing is wrong with me.

Why should i go and get screened?

The task force does not recommend screening for folks who've been smoke free for 15 years or more