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Implementing lung cancer screening: baseline results from a community-based ‘Lung Health Check’ pilot in deprived areas of Manchester

2018; BMJ; Volume: 74; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211377

1468-3296

Philip Crosbie, Haval Balata, Matthew Evison, Melanie Atack, Val Bayliss-Brideaux, Denis Colligan, Rebecca Duerden, Josephine Eaglesfield, Timothy L. Edwards, Peter Elton, Julie Foster, Melanie Greaves, Graham Hayler, Coral Higgins, John Howells, Klaus Irion, Devinda Karunaratne, Jodie Kelly, Zoe King, Sarah Manson, Stuart Mellor, Donna Miller, Amanda Myerscough, Tom Newton, Michelle O’Leary, Rachel Pearson, Julie Pickford, Richard Sawyer, Nick Screaton, Anna Sharman, Maggi Simmons, Elaine Smith, Ben Taylor, Sarah H. Taylor, Anna Walsham, Angela Watts, J. Whittaker, Laura Yarnell, Anthony Threlfall, Phil Barber, Janet Tonge, Richard Booton,

Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations

We report baseline results of a community-based, targeted, low-dose CT (LDCT) lung cancer screening pilot in deprived areas of Manchester. Ever smokers, aged 55-74 years, were invited to 'lung health checks' (LHCs) next to local shopping centres, with immediate access to LDCT for those at high risk (6-year risk ≥1.51%, PLCO