Lung Health Check pilot: Ireland's flagship lung cancer screening trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Low-dose chest CT (LDCT) has demonstrated the ability to detect early-stage lung cancer (LC) and improve disease-specific mortality in high-risk individuals. Use of LC risk scores such as the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, Ovarian Model Score (PLCO_M2012) improves the sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value for LC screening. Screening programmes have identified that primary care participation, patient engagement and improved accessibility may enhance the success of LC screening. Currently, there is no LC screening programme in Ireland. This first pilot study of LC screening will investigate (1) the feasibility, including uptake, of LC screening in a community setting, based on primary care-based participant invitation with mobile CT scanning and (

SUBMITTER: O Reilly D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12519366 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature