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On @BBCBreakfast, the incredible Cathy Brokenshire and Fiona Castle joined us to call for national screening for #lungcancer. Both Fiona and Cathy lost their husbands, Roy and James. Both want to stop other families going through the same heartbreak. Both know we #needtoscreen
Only 16% of people with #lungcancer currently survive for 5 years or more. Things need to change. We #needtoscreen for lung cancer
Imagine being able to give people more years of their life, more time with their family. This is what a national screening programme for lung cancer can do and why we #needtoscreen
Jeff. Gordon. Jo. Bill and many, many more lives have already been saved through lung screening pilots. Now we need national screening. Now we #needtoscreen for lung cancer
We are still waiting for the decision on #lungcancer screeening after public consultation closed on 8th June. Our #needtoscreen campaign highlights why screening for lung cancer is vital to saving lives www.roycastle.org/campaigns/need-to-screen
32% of people with #lungcancer are diagnosed through emergency presentation #needtoscreen
Swimmer. Hiker. Yoga enthusiast. It didn’t stop Jo being diagnosed with lung cancer #needtoscreen
Julie died just four months after she was diagnosed with #lungcancer after suffering with back pain for several months. #needtoscreen
Over a fifth – that’s right A FIFTH – of all cancer deaths are lung cancer deaths #needtoscreen
Ironically, Gordon had felt the best he had in years just before his diagnosis. He had no symptoms whatsoever #needtoscreen
We’ll never know if a #lungcancer screening could have helped Poppy’s grandma. We do know it could help thousands of others #needtoscreen
Lung cancer symptoms are hard to spot and often, in those very early stages, not even there. If we want to get ahead of lung cancer, we #needtoscreen
42% of people with #lungcancer are diagnosed at stage 4. Targeted lung health checks are diagnosing 77% of cancers at stages 1 and 2. Is it just us or is the answer staring us in the face? #needtoscreen
Jeff was fit and healthy when he was diagnosed with #lungcancer. He was playing football and going to the gym. He had quit smoking 8 years ago. Without the lung health check, his story could have been very different #needtoscreen
It’s never too late to start saving lives #needtoscreen
