 You need a financial advisor with the freedom to focus on your specific needs. Whatever your goals, Reed Potter can create a game plan tailored to you. Call Reed at 432-0777 at Pikeville, Kentucky to learn more. November the 11th is National Lung Cancer Screening Day, and Pikeville Medical Center wants to make it as easy as possible for those at risk of having lung cancer to get screened. The American Cancer Society has designated November the 11th as National Lung Cancer Screening Day, and our goal for lung cancer screening is to detect it at an early stage so that it can be treated early and before symptoms even start. There are 32 available openings for eligible patients to get screened. Patients must be between the ages of 50 and 80 years old and have a 20 pack of cigarettes per year smoking history. With their state-of-the-art equipment, Pikeville Medical Center is able to find spots in the lungs X-rays previously couldn't find. So low dose CT is the radiation dose is lower than just a standard CT. And that day, if we find something suspicious, then you'll be brought back for additional testing that your primary care physician would order for you. Patients interested in receiving a lung cancer screening must get a referral from their primary care provider. For more information, you can visit the Pikeville Medical Center Facebook page. For Mountain Top News, I'm Kelcey Fadell.