According to a study by Kaiser Permanente Colorado Institute for Health Research, only 5.8% of those eligible for a free lung cancer screening are getting them. Many people believe that because they quite smoking many years ago that they are not at risk of getting lung cancer. However that may not be true. Lung cancer remains the deadliest cancer in the United States, killing about 130K Americans each year. About 60% are caught after the tumor has spread beyond the lung and is past the point of being cured. The five year survival rate for lung cancer is only 25% so please take advantage of this free screening!
