Lung cancer screening roll out to detect cancer sooner

A national targeted lung cancer screening programme designed to catch cancer sooner or prevent it altogether has been announced. Each year the programme. which will cost £270 million annually, is expected to detect as many as 9,000 people with cancer, deliver almost one million scans and provide treatment earlier. The rollout follows a successful opening phase where approximately 70% of the screening took place in mobile units parked in convenient places – such as supermarket car parks – to ensure easy access and focused on more deprived areas where people are four times more likely to smoke.