Lung Cancer: Screening

(asked on 7th September 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for completion of the NHS trials of low dose CT scanning for lung cancer screening; and when the results of those trials will be available.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 14th September 2021

The National Institute for Health Research is involved in two trials of low dose computerised tomography screening for lung cancer. Findings from the UK Lung Screening Trial are currently scheduled for publication in September 2021. Interim findings from the SUMMIT trial are currently estimated to be available for publication by 2023, with the full trial expected to run until 2030.

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