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With one low-dose computed tomography scan, people receive two screenings.
In addition to identifying suspicious masses, lung cancer screenings also can show atherosclerosis, or a buildup of fat and calcium, in the coronary arteries or the aorta.
“Atherosclerosis is often asymptomatic before causing a major cardiac event, so finding it incidentally during a scan gives us a chance to stop its progression,” says cardiologist Deborah Sundlof, DO, with Lehigh Valley Physician Group (LVPG) Cardiology.