TY - JOUR T1 - Implementing lung cancer screening: baseline results from a community-based ‘Lung Health Check’ pilot in deprived areas of Manchester JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 405 LP - 409 DO - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211377 VL - 74 IS - 4 AU - Phil A Crosbie AU - Haval Balata AU - Matthew Evison AU - Melanie Atack AU - Val Bayliss-Brideaux AU - Denis Colligan AU - Rebecca Duerden AU - Josephine Eaglesfield AU - Timothy Edwards AU - Peter Elton AU - Julie Foster AU - Melanie Greaves AU - Graham Hayler AU - Coral Higgins AU - John Howells AU - Klaus Irion AU - Devinda Karunaratne AU - Jodie Kelly AU - Zoe King AU - Sarah Manson AU - Stuart Mellor AU - Donna Miller AU - Amanda Myerscough AU - Tom Newton AU - Michelle O’Leary AU - Rachel Pearson AU - Julie Pickford AU - Richard Sawyer AU - Nick J Screaton AU - Anna Sharman AU - Maggi Simmons AU - Elaine Smith AU - Ben Taylor AU - Sarah Taylor AU - Anna Walsham AU - Angela Watts AU - James Whittaker AU - Laura Yarnell AU - Anthony Threlfall AU - Phil V Barber AU - Janet Tonge AU - Richard Booton Y1 - 2019/04/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/74/4/405.abstract N2 - 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. ER -