Learning from Taiwan: implementing a national lung cancer screening programme

Learning from Taiwan: implementing a national lung cancer screening programme

We spoke with Network member Professor Pan-Chyr Yang, who shared his experience of setting up a national lung cancer screening programme in Taiwan.

Lung cancer screening in Japan

Since 1987, Japan has offered chest X-ray screening to people aged 40 or older. However, LDCT screening in Japan is commonly performed on a voluntary basis.

Lung cancer screening in Poland

Poland has made important contributions to the lung cancer screening agenda in Europe.

The US national lung cancer screening programme

There are over 4,000 sites in the US that offer annual LDCT screening as part of the national programme.