The National Cheng Kung University Hospital uses low-dose CT to screen the lung health of employees over the age of 50 in the hospital. (Photo by reporter Wang Junzhong)
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[Reporter Wang Junzhong/Tainan Report]”Healthy employees will have healthy patients!” After Cheng University Hospital Dean Shen Mengru took over in August 2019, all employees over the age of 50 in the hospital are planning to do low-dose CT screens for free To check for lung cancer, I want to find out this invisible killer early. As of the beginning of November last year, a total of 607 doctors, nurses and grassroots employees have completed the examination, and 21 people were found to be diagnosed, most of which were lesions before the first stage. Surgical treatment and follow-up were performed. All 21 people have returned to work.
National Cheng Kung University Hospital stated that it is worth mentioning that of the 21 confirmed cases, 17 were women (none of them smoked) and 4 were men (two men had smoked); this examination did not find a doctor’s diagnosis, but Regarding the incidence of lung cancer among female employees of adult medicines is much higher than that of males, Zeng Yaolin, director of the surgical department, said that follow-up investigations and studies will be conducted.
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The National Cheng Kung University Hospital uses low-dose CT to screen the lung health of employees over the age of 50 in the hospital. (Photo by reporter Wang Junzhong)
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Lung cancer is the most life-threatening cancer among Chinese people, and medical expenditure is also the first among cancers. The doctor pointed out that the key reason is that the discovery is too late. In order to seek early detection and early treatment, Shen Mengru took the charge of the doctor to take care of the health of the hospital staff , Regardless of class and category, all employees over the age of 50 are included in the free screening. In the future, consider reducing the subject of inspection to employees over 45.
Chengyi implemented this project in October 2019. There were 760 eligible for cancer screening and 660 agreed to be tested. As of the beginning of November last year, a total of 607 people had completed the inspection, of which 16 were diagnosed with lung cancer (2.62%), and 5 People are precancerous lesions (atypical pulmonary adenomatous hyperplasia), including 7 nurses, technicians, and examiners, 3 administrative staff, 7 grassroots laborers, and 4 technical administrative staff, distributed in various departments , There is no significant concentration in a certain department.
Zeng Yaolin worked with thoracic surgeons to complete the surgical removal of 28 lesions in 21 confirmed patients, most of them were lesions before stage 1, and only 1 patient in stage 3 (asymptomatic before discovery) had lymphatic metastasis and needed chemotherapy and must be followed up Take care.
The doctor reminds that the most at-risk groups for lung cancer screening include:
1. Those who are between 50-80 years old, have smoking history for more than 30 years or have quit smoking for less than 15 years.
2. Those with a family history of lung cancer.
3. Those who have a personal history of lung disease.
It is recommended that these three types of high-risk groups should consult relevant specialists and arrange for examination after evaluation.
The medical team of National Cheng Kung University Hospital uses low-dose computerized tomography to check the lung health of employees over the age of 50 in the hospital. (Photo by reporter Wang Junzhong)
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