8 NOVEMBER - 2022Susan MacIntyreIN MY OPINIONIN MY OPINIONLung Cancer Screening ProgramBy Susan MacIntyre, Director of Radiology, Washington Health SystemAccording to the American Lung Association, lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in both men and women in the United States and is responsible for around 25 percent of all cancer deaths. In the US, one in 15 men and one in 17 women will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime. Black men and women are more likely to develop and die from lung cancer than persons of any other racial or ethnic group, a statistic that we, unfortunately, see often. My name is Susan MacIntyre, and I am the Director of Radiology at Washington Health System (WHS) in Washington, Pennsylvania. I work directly with our Lung Screening program, which we launched in July 2020. This innovative program has allowed us to be proactive about
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