Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States but the most detectable through early screening. Still, lung cancer screening rates remain low. Vancouver Clinic is working to change that.

November is lung cancer awareness month. Dr. Nicholas Wysham, a pulmonologist at Vancouver Clinic, said he believes that patients don’t get screened due to the misinformation surrounding lung cancer.

“A lot of people think that just because they feel good, they don’t have any symptoms or they quit smoking a long time ago, they don’t need to be screened,” Wysham said.

However, by the time symptoms appear, it’s too late in most cases, Wysham said.

If caught early, lung cancer can be cured at a rate greater than 90 percent, Wysham said. Lung cancer screening is more effec

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