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Experts urge a rethink on screening for lung cancer

An X-ray showing lung cancer
An X-ray showing lung cancer Source: Getty

Screening for lung cancer has long been seen as too expensive and sometimes too unreliable. But with the disease now recognised as the deadliest type of cancer in Australia, experts are urging a lifesaving rethink on how to detect it early.


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By Omar Dabbagh

Presented by Bertrand Tungandame

Source: SBS


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Screening for lung cancer has long been seen as too expensive and sometimes too unreliable. But with the disease now recognised as the deadliest type of cancer in Australia, experts are urging a lifesaving rethink on how to detect it early.



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