Oncology
Screening must be more accessible
The introduction of lung cancer screening programs offers opportunities. See a real patient case at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany.
7min
Published on 24. August 2022
Claus Peter Heussel, MD, is the head of diagnostic and interventional radiology with nuclear medicine at the Thorax Clinic at Heidelberg University Hospital.
For the new Health exhibition in the Deutsches Museum Munich, he has contributed a real-life patient case with in-depth supporting documentation.
You prepared a lung cancer case for the Deutsches Museum: What can visitors learn from it?
For which groups of people are lung screening programs beneficial?
Image processing is used to mark a tumor.
© Prof. Dr. med. Claus Peter Heußel, Thoraxklinik-Heidelberg GmbH, Germany
What do you think of the idea of offering lung cancer screening in supermarket parking lots as was done in the Manchester program?
What criteria are used for the lung cancer screening in Germany?
What can an individual do to prevent lung cancer?
What are the preconditions for curing lung cancer?
What role does artificial intelligence play in controlling the course of disease?
© Video: Prof. Dr. med. Claus Peter Heußel, Thoraxklinik-Heidelberg GmbH, Germany
- The statements by Siemens Healthineers customers described herein are based on results that were achieved in the customer’s unique setting. Since there is no “typical” hospital and many variables exist (e.g., hospital size, case mix, level of IT adoption) there can be no guarantee that other customers will achieve the same results.