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European Respiratory Society issues statement on the EU Council cancer screening recommendation discussions

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On October 27, 2022, ERS published a statement to national governments in response to the upcoming Proposal for a Council Recommendation (CR) on Strengthening prevention through early detection: A new approach on cancer screening, to strengthen the call for implementation of lung cancer screening programmes.

The statement calls on national governments to note strong evidence supporting the fact that lung cancer screening programmes save lives and reduce healthcare costs by the early detection of lung cancer in asymptomatic high risk individuals.

Read the ERS Statement in full.

Read the Open Letter of the European Cancer Organisation.

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