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An appointment is required. To schedule a screening, call 501-526-5777.
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to Offer Lung Cancer Screenings on Nov. 8
| The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will offer lung cancer screenings on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 8 a.m. to noon.
Low-dose CT screenings will be given on the third floor of the Cancer Institute located at 449 Jack Stephens Drive in Little Rock. Free parking will be available in UAMS Parking Deck 3, 4030 W. Capitol Ave., next to the Cancer Institute.
An appointment is required. To schedule a screening, call 501-526-5777. The screenings take about 15 minutes. Low-dose CT screening is fully covered by Medicare for adults 50 to 77 and by many private health insurance plans.
Screening is recommended for:
- Current smokers or former smokers who have quit within the past 15 years
- Adults ages 50 to 80 years
- Adults with a smoking history of at least 20 pack-years (this means one pack a day for 20 years, two packs a day for 10 years, etc.)
- Adults with a family history of lung cancer, exposure to radon or asbestos and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
The timing of the event coincides with the fourth annual National Lung Screening Day and Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer deaths in Arkansas. In 2023, 15% of adults smoked cigarettes, and today our state ranks 39th in the national for smoking rates and fifth in the nation for lung cancer deaths.
Eleven years have passed since the U.S. Preventative Service Task Force first recommended low-dose CT for lung cancer screening to save lives, yet lung cancer screening rates remain low, with fewer than 1 in 10 eligible individuals getting the screening. This is a striking contrast to more established screening tests for other cancers, including screening mammography (80%) and colorectal cancer screening (70%).
For questions, email twillis@uams.edu.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.###