Lung cancer screening to begin for 90,000 people
The screening programme targets people aged 55 to 74 who either smoke or have a history of smoking in the past People at high risk of developing lung cancer will be among the first to take part in a new screening service, which it is hoped will reach about 90,000 people in Leeds. Free NHS lung cancer screening checks are being offered to people aged between 55 and 74 who are smokers or who have previously smoked, in the hope that cases of lung cancer can be caught early. A mobile CT scanner will be used to check people at locations across Leeds in the next two years, starting at the White Rose Shopping Centre in Beeston. The programme builds on the Leeds Lung Health Check trial, which ran between 2018 and 2024, screening 8,800 people and detecting over 400 cancers, most at an early stage. The trial was funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research and delivered in partnership with Leeds Teaching…