02.12.2025
As part of our ongoing work health and wellbeing, we're supporting RM Partner's lung cancer screening awareness campaign - a topic close to many of our hearts
There are often no signs or symptoms of lung cancer at an early stage. Lung cancer screening can find lung cancer at its earliest stage when it is easier to treat, often before you have any symptoms.
Lung cancer screening helps diagnose lung cancer earlier and save lives.
Screening is currently being rolled out across England and is available for people aged 55-74 years old who smoke, or used to smoke, and are registered with a participating practice. Currently 75% of people who have been diagnosed with lung cancer through the lung cancer screening programme have been caught at stages 1 and 2.
November is also Lung Cancer Awareness Month which focuses on raising awareness of lung cancer signs and symptoms.
The key messages include:
- Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK and it is the UK’s biggest cause of cancer death. There are around 28,000 lung cancer deaths a year in the UK.
- Knowing the symptoms is important, as the earlier lung cancer is found the more treatable it’s likely to be.
- Over 57% of lung cancer patients in the UK are diagnosed at stage 3 or 4, which is often too late for curative treatment. People diagnosed at stage 1 through screening have an average five-year survival rate of over 90%, compared to only 4% for those diagnosed at stage 4.
- More than 70 out of 100 lung cancer cases in the UK are caused by smoking.
- Lung cancer screening saves lives: Lung cancer screening is now being offered in all boroughs across north west and south west London in participating practices, to those aged between 55 – 74 who have ever smoked.
To find out more about lung cancer screening, visit: https://lungcancerscreening-westlondon.nhs.uk/
