CHI Memorial Chest and Lung Cancer Center at the Rees Skillern Cancer Institute diagnoses and treats lung cancer. To determine whether you have a high risk of developing lung cancer and may benefit from a lung cancer screening:

• Age 50 or greater
• Smoking history
• Family history of cancer
• Exposure to cancer causing agents (asbestos, diesel fumes, Radon, coal smoke, soot, etc.)

A low - dose computed tomography (CT) scan shows a 3 - D image of the lungs that is clearer and more detailed than regular x - rays, allowing doctors to diagnose lung cancer at its earliest stage, before there are any symptoms. Lung cancer symptoms do not usually occur until the cancer is advanced, and may include persistent cough, sputum streaked with blood, chest pain, voice change, worsening shortness of breath, and recurrent pneumonia or bronchitis.

• CHI Memorial’s Breathe Easy mobile lung CT coach allows us to take low - dose CT lung screening out into our communities and reach people who may not have access or the opportunity to get this scan otherwise. This technology is the first of its kind in the Chattanooga region, and the only fully independent unit in the nation.
• The low - dose CT lung cancer scan has been shown to improve survival by 20 percent according to The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Private insurance companies cover lung cancer screening for high - risk individuals. Medicare and Medicaid also cover lung cancer screening. In order to receive a lung cancer screening, you must have a doctor’s referral. If you feel that you are at risk, call your doctor and say you are interested in a low - dose CT scan.

The Breathe Easy mobile lung CT coach serves 11 counties in Tennessee, eight counties in North Georgia, and two counties in Northeast Alabama. Screenings will be offered at the locations listed below.

• Thursday, March 14, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Palmer Elementary, 226 School House Road, Palmer, TN 37365
  
• Friday, March 15, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Homeless Health Care of Chattanooga, 730 East 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403
• Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Primary HealthCare Center, 205 Jenkins Road, Rossville, GA 30741
• Monday, March 25, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m, CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates - Spring City, 225 Clinton Avenue, Spring City, TN 37381
• Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., New Lookout Baptist Church, 50 Ridley Circle, Rising Fawn, GA 30738
• Thursday, April 4, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates - Harrison, 6800 Harrison Park Drive, Harrison, TN 37341
• Friday, April 5, 2019, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Brainerd High School, 1020 N Moore Road, Chattanooga, TN 37411
• Monday, April 8, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Healthy Families –Georgia Mountains Health, 1008 North 3rd Avenue, Chatsworth, GA 30705
• Friday, April 12, 2019, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Chattanooga State Community College, 4501 Amnicola Hwy., Chattanooga, TN 37406
• Saturday, April 13, 2019, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Central Magnet School, 701 East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37130
• Monday, April 13, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Lowe's, 3535 Rhea County Hwy., Dayton, TN 37321
• Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Hamilton Family YMCA, 7430 Shallowford Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421
• Thursday, April 18, 2019, 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., US Xpress, 4080 Jenkins Road - West, Chattanooga, TN 37421
• Monday, April 22, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Cleveland Family YMCA, 220 Urbane Road NE, Cleveland, TN 37312
• Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., YMCA Healthy Living Center at North River, 4138 Hixson Pike, Chattanooga, TN 37415
• Friday, April 26, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., CHI Memorial Internal Medicine Associates - Signal Mountain, 1238 Taft Highway, Ste. 170, Signal Mountain, TN 37377