Scan For Life
Cat in Johannesburg

Scan for Life is the first, and only specialised Preventative Imaging Medical facility in South Africa, leading, providing a state of the art serious disease screening solution.

General Lung Cancer is by far the leading cause of all cancer deaths in men and women. Conversely, if Lung cancer is detected in its earliest stage, a 5 year survival rate higher than 80% is attainable. The Lung For Life Scan is the most sensitive and accurate method available for detecting the earliest Lung Cancers. Non-smokers with previous significant smoking history (above) who have stopped smoking within 15 years. It is also useful in detecting many other early lung abnormalities, such as Emphysaema and Chronic Bronchitis, many years before they are evident on a Chest X-ray. In addition, the Scan accurately diagnoses other serious chest abnormalities such as other Tumours, abnormal Lymph Glands, Aneurysms etc. The scan is non-invasive, safe, rapid and painless. More people die of Lung Cancer than of Colon, Breast, and Prostate cancers combined. Lung Cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in men, accounting for 32% of Cancer mortality and the leading cause of cancer deaths in women, accounting for 25% of Cancer mortality. Nearly 60% of people diagnosed with lung cancer die within one year of their diagnosis. The 5-year relative survival rate for all stages of lung cancer is 15%. For people whose lung cancer is found and treated before it has spread to lymph nodes or other organs, the average 5-year relative survival rate is about 49%. However, only 16% of people with lung cancer are diagnosed at this early stage. General The drive of executives for success generates great stress and places strain on their health, particulalrly their cardiovascular health. Although most women are concerned about a cancer diagnosis, it is actually Heart Disease that is the leading cause of death in westernised women, as in men. We understand the multiple health risks executives face, as well as the current poor executive medical support system. We recommend the appropriate targeted Scans to complete the executive medical or routine medical exam, as the conventional executive medical Stress ECG (treadmill exercise stress test) and Chest X-ray are far less accurate. Details on these Scans are available under the respective Scan services. The Scans are combined into a single Scan series performed in one sitting. CVD is the number one killer of men and women, accounting for 60% of total mortality. The majority of CVD deaths are due to Coronary Artery disease. Colorectal Cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men, accounting for 10% of total mortality and the third leading cause of cancer deaths in women, accounting for 10% of total mortality. The 5-year relative survival rate is 90% for people whose colorectal cancer is diagnosed in an early stage, before it has spread. But only 39% of colorectal cancers are found at that early stage.