
Navigators Make Screening Easier to Catch Lung Cancers Early – Einstein Perspectives
Three hundred fifty deaths daily. That’s the toll taken by lung cancer, the second most common form of cancer in the United States.
It’s the leading cause of cancer death, outstripping deaths from colon, breast and prostate cancer combined.
One of the reasons lung cancer is so deadly is that it is often caught late, when the disease is already well established, and the odds of survival are consequently lower.
Catching lung cancer earlier is at the heart of programs at Einstein Medical Center