The team have completed a study to identify the risk factors of developing lung cancer, which includes history of respiratory disease and smoking
Liverpool, UK - 17 January 2011: Researchers at the University of Liverpool are investigating if a lung cancer screening programme could be implemented effectively at hospitals and cancer centres across the UK. The pilot UK Lung Screening (UKLS) trial, in partnership with Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital; Papworth Hospital, Cambridge; and the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, is funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) and builds on a programme of research into the feasibility of lung cancer screening. Researchers will assess if the expertise and technology at cancer centres in the UK could efficiently support a large-scale screening programme, like systems already in place for breast cancer detection. The team, part of the Liverpool Lung Project, funded by the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, has already completed a study to identify the risk factors of developing lung cancer, which includes history of respiratory disease and smoking. Members of the public who are invited to take part in the pilot UKLS trial will attend Papworth Hospital, Cambridge or Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, to receive a CT-Scan and be monitored for early signs of lung cancer. This group will be compared to those who have not received specialist scans. All those participants who smoke will be offered advice about how to stop smoking.
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