Strong public response to screening

Participant recruitment for Finland’s lung cancer screening pilot began earlier this year — and the response has been very encouraging

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The pilot reached its target of 1 200 long-term smokers from all the five regions in record time, highlighting a clear need for lung cancer screening in Finland.

Combining screening with prevention

Research shows that combining smoking cessation interventions with lung cancer screening is a key element for success. In the pilot, 600 participants will undergo low-dose CT scans at the beginning and end of the study, and all participants are offered help to quit smoking.

The strong interest suggests that people are concerned about their health and willing to take part in screening, while also highlighting a clear need for smoking cessation support. 

Aiming for long-term impact

The aim of the pilot is to determine the efficiency of different smoking cessation methods to smoking cessation, and to generate evidence on the feasibility of implementing lung cancer screening within the Finnish healthcare system and to improve the early detection of the disease. 

The pilot is conducted as part of Work Package 8 (Facilitation of the New Screening Approach Implementation) in the #EUCanScreen project. Finnish Cancer Registry is leading the pilot in close collaboration with our Hungarian partner NKIP OKPI – National Korányi Institute for Pulmonology