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Feb 2022
19m 25s

Detection of lung cancer in primary care

RCGP eLearning Podcast
About this episode

Lung cancer is common and the cause of a fifth of all cancer deaths. Early detection in primary care is key in improving survival rates by enabling curative treatment. In this podcast, Dr Sally Higginbottom and Dr Steve Holmes discuss the role of imaging and screening for lung cancer.

This episode was updated in October 2022, to reflect recent guidance.

Reviewed: May 2025 

An educational grant was received by AstraZeneca for the production of this podcast.  Editorial and content decisions were made solely by the RCGP.

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