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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Lung Cancer Screening Programs

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HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Last Reviewed: 2019

Workgroups: Cancer Workgroup

This report describes how National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) grantees can raise awareness about lung cancer screening programs — including cigarette smoking cessation — for people at high risk of lung cancer. The report also provides examples of some NCCCP grantee activities related to lung cancer screening.

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce the lung cancer death rate — C‑02
Improving

Suggested Citation

1.

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (n.d.). Lung cancer screen programs. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/ncccp/pdf/lungcancerscreeningprograms.pdf