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    Welcome to the Lung Cancer Screening Programme for the East of England

    Lung Cancer Screening is offered to people registered with their GP, aged between 55 to 74 years, with a history of smoking or are current smokers. If you are registered in one of our lung cancer screening locations you will be assessed and invited for a lung health check.

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    Health Checks and Scans

    Lung Cancer Screening is aimed at finding people who are higher risk; following their assessment these people will be invited for a CT scan of their lungs - either at a local hospital or a community location. The aim of the checks and scans are to provide some reassurance, or if resulting in a diagnosis, to enable lung cancer to be detected an earlier stage. This photo was taken during a CT scan at a lung cancer screening unit in Luton.

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    Why is lung cancer screening important?

    A history of smoking puts people at a higher risk of lung cancer, it is the biggest risk factor and is responsible for 7 out of 10 cases in the UK - with the risk decreasing after people quit smoking. Lung cancer can go undetected during the early stages, as there are often no signs or symptoms so it’s important to get checked. The vast majority of lung cancers cases found by the screening programme have been found at an early stage, an early diagnosis gives people the best chance of survival or cure.

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East of England Lung Cancer Screening Locations

Lung cancer screening services in the East of England are located on the Norfolk coast in Great Yarmouth and on the east coast at Southend, as well as in the towns of Luton, Thurrock, Clacton, East and North Herts, Milton Keynes and Central Bedfordshire.

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Locations map

This map shows the East of England region and counties in the East of England, covered by the Lung Cancer Screening Programme.

Introducing the Lung Cancer Screening Programme in the East of England

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