Month: April 2023
LAA announces latest ILC2 grant recipients
From our colleagues at Lung Ambition Alliance: As part of our ongoing efforts to eliminate lung cancer as a cause of death worldwide, we are delighted to announce the latest 12 projects selected to receive grants from Initiatives in Lung Cancer Care (ILC2), a global funding programme led by the Lung Ambition Alliance. This year, selected […]
LAA launch new video to support people newly-diagnosed with lung cancer
The Global Lung Cancer Coalition is proud to be a founder partner within the Lung Ambition Alliance (LAA). Among the many LAA projects aimed at improving the patient experience of all those with lung cancer is a new video created to help people who have just been diagnosed with the disease. This, from David LeDuc, […]
NHS England targeted lung health check scheme ‘benefits most deprived communities’
Most Deprived Communities More Likely To Receive Early Lung Cancer Diagnosis Thanks To NHS Trucks NHS news release 24 April 2023 People in deprived areas are now more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer at an earlier stage, thanks to the success of NHS lung trucks. For the first time ever, new data shows […]
New framework developed to support the implementation of low-dose CT lung cancer screening
The Lung Cancer Policy Network has published A framework to support the implementation of LDCT lung cancer screening, which takes a health systems approach to enable a robust assessment of readiness to implement a lung cancer screening programme. Screening is at the core of early detection, which is key to reducing mortality from lung cancer. As […]
