By Barney Brinkmann Barney Brinkmann retired four years ago after a 40-year career with AT&T as an engineer in St. Louis and Dallas. His sense of wanderlust has taken the St. Louis native to India (five times!); scuba diving [...]
Evy Schiffman’s husband Neil was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in 2011, a month before their 37th wedding anniversary. He passed away four years later. Then in 2018, Schiffman went in for a coronary artery calcium CT scan [...]
New Medicare Coverage Should Reflect USPSTF Eligibility Thresholds and Reduce Barriers to Care Washington (March 18, 2021) -- Medicare lung cancer screening coverage should be updated to reflect new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) eligibility thresholds and remove [...]
Today, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published its final recommendation for low dose CT lung cancer screening, which expands screening recommendations by lowering the age minimum to 50 years and lowering the smoking history to 20-pack [...]
Angela Criswell, MA, Associate Director of Quality Screening & Program Initiatives at GO2 for Lung Cancer has been selected to receive the 2020 Timothy W. Mullett, MD, Lung Cancer Prevention Award. This award is given in recognition of outstanding leadership, [...]
The life-saving benefit of finding and treating lung cancer early is undeniable. That is why GO2 for Lung Cancer’s community advocates for screening and the expansion of this benefit to more people at risk. It is also why we [...]
A step forward in preventative screening for lung cancer. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued its 2020 draft recommendation on annual lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) today. This draft recommendation will replace the 2014 recommendation [...]
Lung cancer screening. You may have seen it on the news or an advertisement for it, but what is it and does it make sense for you? Screening refers to a test for individuals considered to be at high [...]
Goodbye 2018, hello 2019! With the new year comes new opportunity to recommit to your health and well-being. If you’re part of the 41% of Americans looking to set a New Year resolution, we can help! Here are four [...]
