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Podcast: The American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative Podcast
Episode: ALCSI Podcast: Michelle Gydesen
Description: On this ALCSI podcast, Mrs. Michelle Gydesen talks about her journey as a lung cancer survivor and advocate. Michelle Gydesen, a life-long never smoker, was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at 32 years and then again at 46 years. Since then, she has had clean scans and is living each day to the fullest. Â Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the world. Large clinical trials have shown that lung cancer screening through low-dose computed tomography (CT) reduces lung cancer mortality by up to 33%. In fact, if every high-risk American were to get screened right now, m...