Defining the road map to a UK national lung cancer screening programme
Author: Crosbie, Baldwin et al Publication Source: Lancet Oncology Country: UK Date: May 2023 Summary of Content: This article summarises the output from a round-table meeting of clinicians, behavioural scientists, stakeholder organisations, and representatives from NHS England, the UKNSC, and the four UK nations. This Policy Review will be an important tool in the ongoing expansion […]
Implementing lung cancer screening: baseline results from a community-based ‘Lung Health Check’ pilot in deprived areas of Manchester.
Author: Crosbie et al. Publication Source: British Medical Journal Country: UK Date: February 2018 Summary of Content: This study presents the baseline findings of a community-based, targeted lung cancer screening pilot in deprived areas of Manchester. Link to Document: https://thorax.bmj.com/content/74/4/405.long (Access Required)
Second round results from the Manchester ‘Lung Health Check’ community-based targeted lung cancer screening pilot
Author: Crosbie et al. Publication Source: British Medical Journal Country: UK Date: November 2018 Summary of Content: The study presents the results from the second annual screening round of a community-based, targeted lung cancer screening pilot in deprived areas of Manchester. Link to Document: https://thorax.bmj.com/content/thoraxjnl/74/7/700.full.pdf
The cost-effectiveness of the Manchester ‘lung health checks’, a community-based lung cancer low-dose CT screening pilot
Author: Hinde et al. Publication Source: Lung Cancer Country: UK Date: December 2018 Summary of Content: This study applies Manchester, UK, specific evidence to estimate the cost effectiveness of lung cancer screening. Link to Document: https://www.lungcancerjournal.info/article/S0169-5002(18)30627-5/fulltext (Access Required)
Effects of low-dose computed tomography on lung cancer screening: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis
Author: Huang et al. Publication Source: BMC Pulmonary Medicine Country: UK Date: July 2019 Summary of Content: This study reviews previous evidence and considers the benefits and harms of lung cancer screening. Link to Document: https://bmcpulmmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12890-019-0883-x#Sec13
The UK Lung Cancer Screening Trial: a pilot randomised controlled trial of low-dose computed tomography screening for the early detection of lung cancer.
Author: Field et al. Publication Source: Health Technology Assessment Country: UK Date: May 2016 Summary of Content: This study analyses lung cancer screening in a high-risk population in the UK to determine the best recruitment, screening, reading and care pathway strategies; and assesses the psychological consequences and health economic implications of screening. Link to Document: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27224642
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