• Necessity of complete medical checkup.
• Inspection plan
  • Medical Checkup
    • Exclusive Checkup
      • Medical Checkup of Brain
      • Cardiac Medical Checkup
      • Complete Medical Checkup for Lung
      • Pancreas Medical Checkup
      • Breast Cancer
    • Optional Exams
      • Bowel Cancer
      • Prostate Cancer
      • Cancer of Cervix
      • ABC Exam
      • BNP Exam
      • Thyroid Gland Exam
      • Bone Density Test
      • Sleep Apnea Syndrome Exam
      • Visceral Fat CT Exam
      • Arteriosclerosis

Complete Medical Checkup for Lung

#1 ranked cause of death for male in Japan, and #2 ranked cause of death for female in Japan, that is lung cancer. Death rate of Japanese by cancer is go on increasing.

Lung cancer developed at hidden part of cardiac, liver and large blood vessel is difficult to find by X-Ray examination of chest. Also, these parts are the likely part for some kind of risky cancers. X-Ray exam will overlook approximately 30% of lung cancer, and approximately 79% of less 2 cm early stage lung cancer is overlooked.

Thus, lung CT exam, which cut lung in 5mm slice in rounds image and display them, is recommended. Lung CT can find by 8 times more than traditional X-Ray exam, and by 5 times more for less2cm early stage lung cancer.

Image: Japan Red-Cross Hospital Kumamoto Health Management Center
Image: Japan Red-Cross Hospital Kumamoto Health Management Center

Especially, when person is corresponded to either one of below listed ① or ②, medical checkup for lung is recommended.

• Over 50’s
• Smoking index (numbers of cigarette per day x years of smoking) is over 600.
  At most of Tokushukai Medical Group Hospital, Low Radiation CT, which radiation exposure is a part of 6 to 10 compared with traditional CT, is used for Lung Checkup or Optional Exam.

Formidable lung disease is not only lung cancer.
#4 ranked cause of death for human is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) --- alternately called as “Cigarette Disease” “Lung Lifestyle Habit Disease” --- They say roughly 5 million potential patients exist in Japan.
It is recommended to have complete medical checkup for lung covering not only lung cancer but also COPD.