Australia’s new lung cancer screening program has chosen simplicity over equity, and we’re concerned
- Written by Lisa J. Whop, Associate Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Yardhura Walani, National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research, Australian National University
Thurtell/Getty ImagesAustralia’s lung cancer screening program launched on July 1, and marks real progress and opportunity.
It aims to reduce the number of people dying from lung cancer by offering regular low-dose CT scans to people who smoke, and those who have quit. The aim is to detect and treat cancer early before it has spread.
But the...
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