Nhasi, American Lung Association yakazivisa mushandirapamwe mutsva wekusimudzira ruzivo rwekuongororwa kenza yemapapu uye kushanda kuti ive nechokwadi chekuti zvirongwa zveinishuwarenzi zvinovhara nhungamiro itsva yekuwedzera kukodzera kuongororwa munyika yose.
Muna Kurume 2021, US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) yakawedzera nhungamiro yekuongororwa kenza yemapapu kuti ibatanidze vanhu vane makore makumi mashanu kusvika makumi masere vane makore makumi maviri enhoroondo yekuputa uye parizvino vanoputa kana kuti vakasiya mukati memakore gumi nemashanu apfuura. Iye zvino vanopfuura kaviri nhamba yeVatema neBrown vekuAmerica vanokodzera kuongororwa. Pamusoro pezvo, vakadzi vanosvika zvakapetwa kaviri vakadzi vanokodzerawo kuongororwa pasi pemitemo mitsva.
"Vanhu vanodarika mamirioni gumi nemana vave kukodzera kuongororwa gomarara remapapu, saka zvakakosha kuti vanhu ava vawane mukana wekuvhenekwa neMedicare kana zvirongwa zvavo zveinishuwarenzi," akadaro Harold Wimmer, Mutungamiriri wenyika uye CEO weAmerican Lung Association. . “Mazano akagadziridzwa ekuongorora gomarara remapapu idanho rakakosha kumberi mukugadzirisa kusarurana kwemarudzi kune chekuita negomarara remapapu. Vanhu vatema vekuAmerica vane cancer yemapapu kashoma kuti vaongororwe vachiri vadiki, kashoma kuti vawane kurapwa kwekuvhiyiwa, uye kashoma kuwana kurapwa chero zvichienzaniswa nevachena vekuAmerica. Vazhinji vatema nevaBrown vekuAmerica avo vaimbove vasina kukodzera kuongororwa kenza yemapapu vava kusangana nemaitiro akagadziridzwa uye zvakanyanya kukosha kuti vataure nevanovapa hutano kuti vaongororwe.
Musi waKukadzi 10, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) yakazivisa kuti yakagadziridza gwara rayo rekuongorora gomarara remapapu kuvanhu vanofukidzwa neMedicare kuti vafanane neUSPSTF nhungamiro (mirayiridzo yeCMS ndeyemakore makumi mashanu kusvika makumi manomwe nemanomwe pachinzvimbo cheUSPSTF nhungamiro. vane makore 50-77). Nekuda kweAffordable Care Act, zvirongwa zvakawanda zveinishuwarenzi zvakazvimiririra zvinofanirwa kuvhara kuongororwa kenza yemapapu kune avo vari panjodzi huru pasi peUSPSTF maitiro ehurongwa hwemakore kutanga mushure meKurume 50, 80.
Kenza yemapapu ndiyo inouraya cancer muAmerica, asi tariro iripo. Kuvheneka gomarara remapapu kunoshandiswa kuona gomarara remapapu pachine nguva apo rinenge richikwanisa kurapika. Kana gomarara remapapu rikabatwa risati rapararira, mukana wekurarama makore mashanu kana kupfuura unovandudzika kusvika pa60%. Zvinosuruvarisa, kuongorora kenza yemapapu kunoshandiswa zvishoma. Munyika, chete 5.7% yevanhu vanokodzera vakaongororwa.
Kuburikidza nerubatsiro rusina kurambidzwa kubva kuAstraZeneca, American Lung Association iri kushanda kusimudzira ruzivo rwekuongororwa kenza yemapapu, kunyanya kune Vatema neBrown vekuAmerica nevakadzi.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- On February 10, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it updated its lung cancer screening eligibility guidelines for people covered by Medicare to be similar to the USPSTF guidelines (CMS guidelines are for ages 50-77 instead of the USPSTF guidelines of ages 50-80).
- As a result of the Affordable Care Act, most private insurance plans are required to cover lung cancer screening for those now at high risk under the USPSTF criteria for plan years beginning after March 31, 2022.
- Nhasi, American Lung Association yakazivisa mushandirapamwe mutsva wekusimudzira ruzivo rwekuongororwa kenza yemapapu uye kushanda kuti ive nechokwadi chekuti zvirongwa zveinishuwarenzi zvinovhara nhungamiro itsva yekuwedzera kukodzera kuongororwa munyika yose.