Fighting to Breathe: Dr. Timothy Mullett on Reducing Lung Cancer Rates in Kentucky

In this interview from KET’s Fighting to Breathe initiative, Renee Shaw speaks with Dr. Timothy Mullett, MD, MBA, FACS, the Medical Director at UK HealthCare’s Markey Cancer Center Network Development. Dr. Mullett discusses the high incidence rate of lung cancer in Kentucky, the value of low-dose CT scans to detect early cancer, and ongoing research into new treatment options for lung cancer.

Fighting to Breathe is funded, in part, by grants from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and the Kentucky Medical Association through a grant from the Anthem Foundation.