PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Crosbie, Phil A
AU  - Balata, Haval
AU  - Evison, Matthew
AU  - Atack, Melanie
AU  - Bayliss-Brideaux, Val
AU  - Colligan, Denis
AU  - Duerden, Rebecca
AU  - Eaglesfield, Josephine
AU  - Edwards, Timothy
AU  - Elton, Peter
AU  - Foster, Julie
AU  - Greaves, Melanie
AU  - Hayler, Graham
AU  - Higgins, Coral
AU  - Howells, John
AU  - Irion, Klaus
AU  - Karunaratne, Devinda
AU  - Kelly, Jodie
AU  - King, Zoe
AU  - Manson, Sarah
AU  - Mellor, Stuart
AU  - Miller, Donna
AU  - Myerscough, Amanda
AU  - Newton, Tom
AU  - O’Leary, Michelle
AU  - Pearson, Rachel
AU  - Pickford, Julie
AU  - Sawyer, Richard
AU  - Screaton, Nick J
AU  - Sharman, Anna
AU  - Simmons, Maggi
AU  - Smith, Elaine
AU  - Taylor, Ben
AU  - Taylor, Sarah
AU  - Walsham, Anna
AU  - Watts, Angela
AU  - Whittaker, James
AU  - Yarnell, Laura
AU  - Threlfall, Anthony
AU  - Barber, Phil V
AU  - Tonge, Janet
AU  - Booton, Richard
TI  - Implementing lung cancer screening: baseline results from a community-based ‘Lung Health Check’ pilot in deprived areas of Manchester
AID  - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211377
DP  - 2019 Apr 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 405--409
VI  - 74
IP  - 4
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/74/4/405.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/74/4/405.full
SO  - Thorax2019 Apr 01; 74
AB  - We report baseline results of a community-based, targeted, low-dose CT (LDCT) lung cancer screening pilot in deprived areas of Manchester. Ever smokers, aged 55–74 years, were invited to ‘lung health checks’ (LHCs) next to local shopping centres, with immediate access to LDCT for those at high risk (6-year risk ≥1.51%, PLCOM2012 calculator). 75% of attendees (n=1893/2541) were ranked in the lowest deprivation quintile; 56% were high risk and of 1384 individuals screened, 3% (95% CI 2.3% to 4.1%) had lung cancer (80% early stage) of whom 65% had surgical resection. Taking lung cancer screening into communities, with an LHC approach, is effective and engages populations in deprived areas.