New Lung Cancer Screening roll out to Detect Cancer Sooner

Lung cancer Screening

This week, the government announced a new targeted lung cancer screening programme designed to catch cancer sooner or prevent it altogether.

Therese said: "The NHS has treated record numbers of cancer patients over the last two years, with cancer being diagnosed at an earlier stage more often and survival rates improving across almost all types of cancer – but we want to go further."

People aged 55-74 most at risk of lung cancer, including a history of smoking, will be assessed and invited for lung cancer screenings. Each year the programme is expected to detect as many as 9,000 people with cancer, deliver almost one million scans and provide treatment earlier.

 

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