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National Lung Cancer Screening Day
On November 9, 2024, the MASLAB's research team participated for the third year in a significant health initiative at One Hundred Oaks with National Lung Cancer Screening Day. On this day, screening and imaging centers across the country aim to screen members of their community for lung cancer. At the event at least 15 patients at high risk for lung cancer received a low-dose CT scan for the early detection of lung cancer here at Vanderbilt, and MASLAB saw a dozen research patients for the study that day.
We encourage patients at high risk for lung cancer to understand that screening can be a proactive step towards your own health. If you or someone you know could benefit from screening, go to www.vanderbilthealth.com/program/lung-cancer-screening or call 615-322-0580 to schedule an appointment at one of our seven convenient screening centers at Vanderbilt locations in Middle Tennessee.
Stephen Deppen, PhD, and Yency Forero Martinez, MD, from the MASLAB, along with other collaborators, presented "Pathfinding Clinically Useful Early Diagnostics From Bench to Bedside: A Hands On Workshop" at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer held September 7-10. Read more here.