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05/01/26

Implementation of the NHS England Lung Cancer Screening Programme over 5 years.

Lee, Richard W; Nair, Arjun; Balata, Haval; Graham, Charlotte; Parylo, Craig; Abell, Jessica; Woodall, Michael; Lawrie, Michael; Mouland, Sally; Brain, Kate; Clark, Michelle; Crosbie, Philip; Devaraj, Anand; Fox, Jesme; Grange, Martin; Janes, Sam M; Johnson, Peter; Mackie, Anne; Navani, Neal; Quaife, Samantha L; Randle, Amelia; Rawlinson, Janette; Rintoul, Robert C; Rochelle, Liz; Sasieni, Peter; Callister, Matthew E J; Baldwin, David R; UK Lung Cancer Screening Research Consortium. Nat Med.

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Big Three Conditions Culture, Work System, and Implementation Tests, Screening, and Laboratory Processes
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Summary

Low-dose CT screening improves timely diagnosis of lung cancer and all-cause mortality. This commentary reviews the first five years of England’s national program, which invited more than two million people and diagnosed 7,193 lung cancers with an increase in early-stage diagnosis and improvements among high-risk and underserved groups. The report highlights large-scale implementation policies necessary to achieve such a a program.
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Lee RW, Nair A, Balata H, et al. Implementation of the NHS England Lung Cancer Screening Programme over 5 years. Nat Med. 2026;32(5):1817-1826.