LEXINGTON, Ky. — Advanced equipment at the University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center is cutting back the time and long-term process of lung cancer diagnosis and treatment.
After 45 years of smoking, Lexington native Lisa Beed had one of the biggest health concerns she had ever experienced. However, Beed said that a life-changing decision and innovative solutions saved her life.
“I was a long-term smoker, and when someone suggested a lung scan, you don’t want to hear that if you’re a smoker, you go into it, and now you have other things to do. Life gets in the way, but you stand longer at the grocery store than you do to have this lung scan. And I’m here because of it,” Beed said…