Trial tests lung cancer screening
Currently, 38,000 people a year - over 100 a day - are diagnosed with lung cancer in the UK, and 33,000 people die from the condition annually.
Overall, just 7% of patients are still alive five years after diagnosis.
But if some types of lung cancer are detected at an early, operable stage, up to 80% of patients are alive five years later.
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