Memorial Campus Lung Cancer Screening Center Accredited

Alexander Bankier, MD, PhD recently received notification regarding the Memorial campus – The American College of Radiology’s Committee on CT Accreditation is pleased to inform you that your center has been designated an ACR Lung Cancer Screening Center. Now both University and Memorial campuses at UMass Memorial are ACR Designated Lung Cancer Screening Centers!

Being an ACR Designated Lung Cancer Screening Center signifies that your facility provides these valuable screening services to your community at the highest standards of the radiology profession.

CT Lung Cancer Screening Program

Lung cancer is the #1 one cancer killer in America, taking more lives than colon, breast and prostate cancers combined. Every year, 200,000 Americans are diagnosed with lung cancer and 160,000 die from it. However, early detection of small lung cancers can increase the 5-year survival rate by up to 90%.

The Low-Dose Computer Tomography (LDCT) Lung Cancer Screening Program at UMass Memorial Health provides regular screenings to patients who are at risk for developing lung cancer. Through LDCT examinations, we can proactively and safely screen patients for this disease.

Link for more information for UMass Memorial Lung Cancer Screening Program