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Early detection of lung cancer by screening healthy people for the disease is essential, presenting us with the opportunity to both save lives and reduce the impact of lung cancer on our societies.
With this in mind, the Lung Cancer Policy Network calls on governments to implement national lung cancer screening programmes using LDCT for all people at high risk of developing lung cancer.
Lung cancer screening implementation toolkit
As the implementation of targeted LDCT screening programmes gains pace, it is essential to optimise these programmes to ensure that they have an impact on population health.
The Network has developed an implementation toolkit to support those involved in the planning and delivery of lung cancer screening programmes around the world. It is designed to encourage people involved in implementing lung cancer screening to take a health system readiness approach, while recognising that whilst not all health systems will be fully ‘ready’ for lung cancer screening implementation, this should not delay planning and implementation.
The toolkit contains:
- a framework to support the implementation of lung cancer screening
- six policy briefs that expand on each of the domains outlined in the framework
- a video tutorial on how to apply the framework
- implementation resources, including videos from our members, to support users working through each domain.
Interactive map of lung cancer screening
The interactive map provides a global view of screening implementation by bringing together ongoing and completed clinical trials, implementation studies, and national or regional LDCT screening programmes, as well as summarising the national policy context for lung cancer.
The map features:
- a growing number of entries from around the world
- functionality to search and filter by implementation status, type of study, inclusion/exclusion criteria, outreach methods, date, geographical region and other factors
- the ability to compare examples by country and at the individual study level
- English, French, Polish, German and Spanish versions
Lung cancer screening: learning from implementation report
This report draws on expertise and experience from lung cancer screening implementation around the world, and demonstrates how certain challenges have been addressed, with the aim of providing guidance for implementation elsewhere.
The key takeaways from the report are to:
- tailor eligibility to local contexts
- use targeted outreach for screening programmes
- combine lung cancer screening with other public health initiatives
- build screening programmes into care pathways and existing health system governance.
Lung cancer screening factsheets
Developed with policymakers in mind, these five factsheets demonstrate the value of implementing targeted LDCT screening programmes, and provide expert evidence to inform policy decisions.
The factsheets are informed by a comprehensive review of the evidence demonstrating the effectiveness and feasibility of targeted LDCT screening, and are supported by consultations with Network members.
Policy engagement resources
Our suite of policy engagement resources supports lung cancer advocates in communicating key messages to decision-makers. These are intended to be used to advocate to policymakers and demonstrate the need to implement a range of earlier-detection strategies to improve survival.
Report summary
A designed summary of the report Lung cancer screening: learning from implementation was developed in response to an observation that low awareness among policymakers is impeding progress towards the development and implementation of earlier detection strategies for lung cancer.
Standalone figures
The downloadable and referenced key figures from the report Lung cancer screening: learning from implementation can be used in presentations and online to demonstrate how action must be taken to improve earlier detection and care.
Download standalone figures
