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Lung cancer is the second most common cancer among men and women. Andrew Brown, MD, Co-Director of the Lung Cancer Institute at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CBMC), sits down to discuss all things lung cancer related from screening to treatment. Watch here!
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The Lung Cancer Institute
In the early stages, lung cancer often doesn’t have symptoms. As a result, being part of a lung cancer screening program is so important for those at risk. The multidisciplinary team with The Lung Cancer Institute at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, has taken steps to be able to diagnose lung cancer early though a free lung cancer screening program and quickly provide the follow-up care that can mean a longer life for patients.
Additionally, CBMC has introduced the Incidental Lung Nodule Program, which uses artificial intelligence to identify patients with incidental lung nodules seen on scans ordered for other reasons, and enrolls them in a program where a specialist can provide appropriate follow up and recommend interventions if and when they become necessary. This allows the team to catch lung cancers early, even in patients with no risk factors who would otherwise not qualify for lung cancer screening.
If lung cancer is found, the multidisciplinary team at CBMC offers all forms of modern treatment modalities. For example, using the most up-to-date robotic surgical systems, we can remove lung cancers with very little downtime and pain. This allows patients to heal faster and get back to living their lives sooner. It also avoids delays in patients that need additional treatment such as chemotherapy or immunotherapy.
RWJBarnabas Health, together with Rutgers Cancer Institute, the state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, brings the most advanced treatment options close to home.
To schedule an appointment with one of our thoracic cancer specialists, call 844-CANCERNJ.