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France hopes to make screening for lung cancer routine by 2030
Screening for lung cancer could become as routine in France as checks for breast or colon cancer, according to Health Minister Stéphanie Rist, who says the country is preparing to roll out a pilot programme to screen thousands of at-risk individuals from next month.
On Wednesday, February 4, the Minister of Health announced the launch in March of an experimental lung cancer screening program. It was time: eight years ago it was known with certainty that regular control drastically reduced mortality.
The screening of lung cancer is intensifying in France. As early as March, 20,000 people will be targeted for a pilot test before a generalisation planned by 2030. This initiative could significantly reduce the risk of lung cancer...
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estrepublicain.frHealth Minister Stéphanie Rist confirmed this Wednesday the conduct of this pilot project whose premises had been unveiled last year.
The 20,000 people tested, as part of this pilot project announced last year, "will enable us by 2030, to say which Frenchman must have a screening," said the Minister of Health.
"We are really moving towards mass screening, as we are doing for breast cancer or colon cancer," said Minister of Health Stéphanie Rist this Wednesday.
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