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Our recent Lung Cancer Policy Network video, ‘Why lung cancer screening should be a global policy priority’, is now available in five languages – English, German, French, Spanish and Polish.
Case study
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.
Blog
We speak to Witold Rzyman, Chief Surgeon at the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland.
The Lung Cancer Policy Network welcomes the inclusion of lung cancer in the EU Council Recommendation and now looks towards the implementation of effective lung cancer screening programmes.
We speak to Andrea Borondy Kitts, Patient Advocate, Rescue Lung Association in the US.
Lung Cancer Policy Network members representing a range of locations and areas of expertise feature in this video.
Poland has made important contributions to the lung cancer screening agenda in Europe.
On 27 September 2022, the Lung Cancer Policy Network hosted a virtual round table on turning recommendations into implementation of lung cancer screening in the EU.
The Lung Cancer Policy Network welcomes the inclusion of targeted lung cancer screening in the EU Commission’s draft recommendation, but would like to see some aspects of the proposal strengthened to fully reflect the evidence.
The Lung Cancer Policy Network is pleased to see the UK National Screening Committee’s recent announcement in favour of targeted lung cancer screening.
The Lung Cancer Policy Network is proud to announce the launch the interactive map of lung cancer screening implementation.
There are over 4,000 sites in the US that offer annual LDCT screening as part of the national programme.
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