Overview
- Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said France aims to generalize lung cancer screening by 2030, with targeted testing to begin in March.
- The IMPULSION pilot will recruit about 20,000 volunteers aged 50–74 who are current or recent smokers with roughly 20 pack-years, over an 18–24 month period.
- Participants will receive low-dose chest CT scans one year apart and then every two years, with AI used for a second read and cessation support offered to smokers.
- President Emmanuel Macron reconfirmed more than €1.7 billion in funding for the next five years under the 2021–2030 cancer strategy.
- Nationwide rollout will require CNIL data‑protection clearance, Haute Autorité de santé approval for reimbursement, and favorable pilot outcomes, with up to nearly 4 million people potentially eligible under the pilot’s criteria.