From Medscape Medical News, 9 July 2025:
Australia has launched a government-funded lung cancer screening program that provides biennial low-dose CT scans to patients who are either current heavy smokers or who have quit in the past decade.
The screening program is a “game-changer” for Australia, Lucy Morgan, MD, PhD, respiratory physician at Concord and Nepean Hospitals in Sydney, told Medscape Medical News. “This [program] gives us the opportunity to offer cure to people who would otherwise develop Australia’s most deadly cancer.” Morgan is also chair of the Lung Foundation Australia and a member of the screening program’s expert advisory committee. Read more.
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