Overview
- NHS figures reported Tuesday show the screening programme has identified more than 10,600 lung cancers since 2019 with over three-quarters found at stage one or two.
- The scheme uses mobile low-dose CT units parked at supermarkets, sports stadiums and high streets to offer lung health checks to people aged 55 to 74 who currently or formerly smoked.
- More than 3.3 million people have been invited and over 800,000 low-dose CT scans have been completed, and officials say early detection makes five-year survival about 13 times more likely than late diagnosis.
- Patients who had no symptoms, including people screened at supermarket car parks, report cancers caught early and treated with surgery, and staff say community sites help reach people in deprived areas.
- The NHS plans a national rollout by 2030 that aims to invite six million people and could lead to up to 50,000 cancer diagnoses as part of the National Cancer Plan to boost long-term survival.