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Rasha Aboelhassan: Screening access is further limited by age and tobacco use history, which often excludes woman
Feb 20, 2025, 10:41

Rasha Aboelhassan: Screening access is further limited by age and tobacco use history, which often excludes woman

Rasha Aboelhassan, Senior Oncology Consultant, shared a post on LinkedIn:

Huda is a 40 year old single working mother with 5 years old child.

She did never smoke and was not known as a passive smoker, so when she had a cough, her doctor didn’t ask for CT.

Huda had coughed for 6 months with no improvement.
During the last month, she noticed bullring of vision and went for an ophthalmologist who asked MRI brain.
Unfortunately, she found that she had metastatic disease to brain.

Huda finally had CT chest and lung lesion was found, biopsy showing ALK positive NSCLC.

Huda had her first diagnosed as stage IV lung cancer, brain metastases with low survival rates. While, if she had her CT 6 months ago, with the first cough before brain metastases, she would be diagnosed as early stage lung cancer with a higher cure rate. Early diagnosis save lives.

Unfortunately, Huda is like many women were 32% less likely to discuss lung cancer screening with their healthcare providers compared to men. Screening access is further limited by age and tobacco use history, which often excludes women.”

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