{"id":35347,"date":"2024-11-06T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T07:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/?p=35347"},"modified":"2024-11-06T22:16:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T22:16:41","slug":"low-dose-ct-scan-detects-early-stage-lung-cancer-in-spanaway-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/low-dose-ct-scan-detects-early-stage-lung-cancer-in-spanaway-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Low-dose CT scan detects early-stage lung cancer in Spanaway woman","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

Twelve years ago, Bev Brookshire lost her husband David to lung cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was coughing up blood, so he had a chest X-ray,\u201d Brookshire explains. \u201c(Doctors in Ohio) found a blood clot and put him on blood thinners. They also thought he had pneumonia.\u201d<\/p>\n

But months later, David\u2019s symptoms continued, including the feeling there was a knife in his back. He got an MRI.<\/p>\n

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Brookshire with husband David<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cHis MRI lit up like a Christmas tree \u2014 the cancer had spread throughout his body,\u201d she says. \u201cHe had stage 4 lung cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n

David was a heavy smoker, smoking up to three packs a day.<\/p>\n

Brookshire, 63, smoked a pack a day regularly for around 22 years, but quit about seven years ago.<\/p>\n

Paying attention to symptoms<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When she developed symptoms that weren\u2019t going away, Brookshire made sure to see her doctor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very short of breath. I had a bit of wheezing. I wasn\u2019t keeping up like I used to,\u201d she shares. \u201cI felt like something was going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brookshire, who now lives in Spanaway, Washington, was referred to MultiCare pulmonologist Venkat Rajasurya, MD<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Because of her smoking history and symptoms, Dr. Rajasurya recommended a low-dose CT scan to screen for lung cancer.<\/p>\n

The scan, in February of this year, revealed a 7mm nodule on her left lung. She and Dr. Rajasurya agreed to repeat the scan in three months to see if its size stayed the same.<\/p>\n

Her follow-up CT scan in May showed the lesion had grown to 9mm.<\/p>\n

\u201cBev was fortunate to have Dr. Rajasurya in her corner,\u201d shares MultiCare cardiothoracic surgeon Baiya Krishnadasan, MD<\/a>. \u201cHe did not wait long to reimage the nodule, and when it grew, he immediately sent her my way to discuss next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Advanced procedure ensures accurate diagnosis<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cI was scheduled for a biopsy, but I have bad scoliosis,\u201d Brookshire says. \u201cThey tried to go through my ribs on the outside, but because of my scoliosis, my ribs are squished together in a weird way.\u201d<\/p>\n

She was then referred to MultiCare interventional pulmonologist Abhishek Biswas, MD<\/a>, as he\u2019s trained to perform advanced procedures for cases like Brookshire\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cBev has significant kyphoscoliosis (curvature of the spine that\u2019s both sideways and forward\/backward), which made the biopsy challenging,\u201d Dr. Biswas explains. \u201cThe only way to do the biopsy was with robotic-navigation bronchoscopy with cone-beam, real-time imaging.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bronchoscopy, or transbronchial biopsy, is a minimally invasive procedure where a thin tube is guided down the throat to the lungs. Dr. Biswas successfully reached the area of concern with this approach.<\/p>\n

The biopsy revealed Brookshire had stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer.<\/p>\n

After her diagnosis, she says her treatment began to move quickly, and surgery was scheduled with Dr. Krishnadasan (Dr. \u201cK\u201d) to remove the lower left part of her lung.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone told me Dr. K was the best of the best. That helped a lot in making me feel more comfortable. Dr. K and Dr. Biswas get my full praise. In fact, everyone at MultiCare was wonderful throughout the whole process.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe multidisciplinary team approach at MultiCare not only improves timely diagnosis and accurate staging, but also shortens the time to receive treatment,\u201d Dr. Rajasurya says. \u201cThis is particularly important in lung cancer management, as it improves patient outcomes, especially overall survival for all stages of cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n

When her husband was diagnosed with lung cancer, his lung tumor was already the size of a baseball. She says she feels lucky hers was caught early.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018Let\u2019s do this,\u2019 but I was also scared. I won\u2019t deny it,\u201d she admits. \u201cThe whole team put me at ease. Everyone told me Dr. K was the best of the best. That helped a lot in making me feel more comfortable. Dr. K and Dr. Biswas get my full praise. In fact, everyone at MultiCare was wonderful throughout the whole process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brookshire was able to see her granddaughter before surgery, and her daughter sat in the pre-op area with her and held her hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was glad to have family support before I had to go under,\u201d she says. \u201cI was very scared going through this because my husband had passed (from lung cancer).\u201d<\/p>\n

Celebrating being cancer-free on an Alaskan cruise<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Brookshire\u2019s surgery and recovery went well, and her symptoms improved almost immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were able to remove Bev\u2019s tumor minimally invasively,\u201d Dr. Krishnadasan says. \u201cShe spent less than a day in the hospital and was discharged home on a little oxygen. She was off oxygen within a week and able to travel for a long-awaited family trip.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two weeks after surgery, Brookshire and her daughter Ginnett went on an Alaskan cruise.<\/p>\n

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Brookshire and daughter Ginnett on their Alaskan cruise<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe walked all over that ship,\u201d she recalls. \u201cWe went dancing, we went into port and walked around. I still got a little short of breath going up steps, but otherwise I was able to keep up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her last CT scan was clear, and she doesn\u2019t have to undergo chemotherapy or radiation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause she was diagnosed in the earliest stage, it gives us the highest chance of cure and lowest chance of recurrence in five years,\u201d adds Dr. Biswas.<\/p>\n

Low-dose CT scans are a relatively recent lung cancer screening measure. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force began recommending the screenings in late 2013 \u2014 more than a year after Brookshire\u2019s husband passed away.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy husband was good about going to the doctor for checkups, and he got X-rays of his lungs every year because of his smoking,\u201d Brookshire says. \u201cBut his tumor didn\u2019t show up on X-rays. If he could have done a CT scan, he would have, and he would still be here.\u201d<\/p>\n

She adds, \u201cI tell everybody I know, \u2018If you\u2019re a smoker or former smoker, get a CT scan.\u2019 Better safe than sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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They also thought he had pneumonia.\u201d But months later, David\u2019s symptoms continued, including the feeling there was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":451,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer","category-profiles-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLow-dose CT scan detects woman\u2019s early-stage lung cancer - MultiCare Vitals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After losing her husband to lung cancer 12 years ago, Bev Brookshire made sure to see her doctor when lung symptoms of her own weren\u2019t going away.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/low-dose-ct-scan-detects-early-stage-lung-cancer-in-spanaway-woman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Low-dose CT scan detects woman\u2019s early-stage lung cancer - 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