'High risk' patients called for lung cancer screening
UHCWA lifesaving lung cancer screening programme is set to be extended in Warwickshire.
A scanner purchased by the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust will screen up to 50 people a day, seven days a week.
Since launching in Coventry and Rugby in 2021, the trust said 80% of lung cancers that have been diagnosed through the programme have been detected at stages one and two.
Patients who are categorised as high-risk following a phone consultation will be invited for a scan.
The scanner will visit sites across the region from Monday, with the service set to be rolled out across south Warwickshire in 2026.
Caspar Lisle-Pourzyaie, lung cancer screening operations manager, said the scans will aim to detect tiny nodules in the lungs.
He said: "By introducing our own scanner and transitioning the service in-house, we are enhancing its long-term sustainability."
For the rest of December, the scanner will be at:
- Hospital of St Cross, Rugby -15 December to 17 December
- Paybody Centre, Stanton Road, Coventry - 18 December to 23 December
- Hospital of St Cross, Rugby - 24 December
Appointments will be for smokers or ex-smokers, aged 55 to 74, said the Trust.
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