Australia’s lung cancer screening program for heavy smokers kicks off this month.
It aims to reduce deaths from the disease which is the nation’s worst cancer killer taking around nine thousand lives a year.
Now a national trial is underway to see if more people would benefit from screening, including non-smokers.
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