Mythbusting LCS in Primary Care: Low Dose CT Dosage (Part 5)

*This episode was originally part of the ACR Bulletin podcast and was recorded in 2020.

Dr. Debra Dyer, MD, and Dr. Mike Gieske, MD, wrap up their five-part discussion in this final installment on radiation and dose exposure associated with low dose CTs.

As part of National Lung Cancer Awareness Month 2020, Dr. Debra Dyer, Chair of the ACR’s Lung Cancer Screening Steering Committee, had a series of conversations with stakeholders across the healthcare spectrum about myths in lung screening in the limited series “Mythbusting Lung Cancer Screening.”

Dr. Mike Gieske has been a primary care physician at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Edgewood, KY since 1987. In addition to his daily practice, Dr. Gieske is the lead physician at his site in Ft. Mitchell, KY, and serves as East Division Physician Director of Primary Care.

Additional information on this topic, as well as the resources mentioned during the episode, can be found at https://www.acr.org/Clinical-Resources/Lung-Cancer-Screening-Resources.