Internal medicine

Pathology

Lung cancer screening

Family medicine

Cancer

Intensive care medicine

Lung cancer

Position statement

Position paper

Medicine

Lung Cancer

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the world responsible for 1.6 million deaths per year [2]. This approximates to 20% of all cancer deaths globally, more than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined [3]. The burden of lung cancer is expected to rise across the globe in coming years despite advances in diagnostics and treatment [4]. This is largely due to a more recent peak in the tobacco epidemic in less developed countries and an overall aging population. Across Europe there are around 400,000 new cases of lung cancer and over 300,000 deaths annually [5]; some geographic variation exists with the highest incidence in men seen in Hungary and other central / eastern European countries, whereas the highest rates in women are in northern Europe in countries such as Denmark [5].

CT screening for lung cancer: Are we ready to implement in Europe?