From left: Clinical research coordinator Vicki Abtin, nurse practitioner Sandra Youngworth, D.N.P., and senior clinical research assistant Meera Bhide with patient Rhonda Stranz. Stranz says: “If a clinical trial is recommended to you, consider participating in it. Trials are the future, in my opinion.” (OHSU/Christine Torres-Hicks)

OHSU thoracic radiologist Chara Rydzak, M.D., Ph.D., helps people get screened for lung cancer using a low-dose CT scanner. She is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

OHSU thoracic radiologist Chara Rydzak, M.D., Ph.D., helps people get screened for lung cancer using a low-dose CT scanner. She is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

OHSU thoracic radiologist Chara Rydzak, M.D., Ph.D., helps people get screened for lung cancer using a low-dose CT scanner. She is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

Family doctors like Katie Putnam, M.D., M.P.H., play a critical role in helping patients who smoke understand the benefits and risks of getting screened for lung cancer. Putnam is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

OHSU interventional pulmonologist Peter Lee, M.D., M.H.S., helps people with lung nodules using the Ion robotic navigation system (nicknamed Rosey). Under Lee’s direction, the system guides a thin probe through a patient’s lung to examine nodules for signs of cancer. He is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

Family doctors like Katie Putnam, M.D., M.P.H., play a critical role in helping patients who smoke understand the benefits and risks of getting screened for lung cancer. Putnam is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

OHSU interventional pulmonologist Peter Lee, M.D., M.H.S., helps people with lung nodules using the Ion robotic navigation system (nicknamed Rosey). Under Lee’s direction, the system guides a thin probe through a patient’s lung to examine nodules for signs of cancer. He is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)