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New screening program offers hope for those most at risk of lung cancer
Doctor getting a patient ready for a medical scan at the hospital - healthcare and medicine concepts Credit: Hispanolistic/Getty Images
Lung cancer is Australia’s fifth most diagnosed cancer, but causes the greatest number of deaths because it is often diagnosed too late. A new screening program has become available from July 1 that hopes to detect cases much earlier for those at the highest risk - which includes Indigenous Australians and some migrant communities.
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