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Jun 25, 2025, 06:37
Mahdi Sheikh: Lung Cancer Screening in Europe is a Golden Opportunity to Tackle Tobacco Use with Scalable
Mahdi Sheikh, Scientist at International Agency for Research on Cancer / World Health Organization, shared on LinkedIn:
“Our editorial for the European Respiratory Society’s journal (ERJ) with Dr Elisabete Weiderpass: Lung Cancer screening in Europe is a golden opportunity to tackle tobacco use with scalable, World Health Organization-guided cessation interventions.
Summary:
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~173 million adults in Europe (25% of the adults) use tobacco = 1.15 million tobacco related deaths (nearly half due to cancer) each year! Europe lags behind World Health Organization targets on reducing tobacco use (by 30% until 2025). Progress has stopped!
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The EU Commission recommends implementing lung cancer screening across Europe. Half of screening participants hashtag#smoke. Few will screen positive, but many will die from smoking-related diseases if they keep smoking. Screening is a key moment to support cessation.
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Benefits of smoking cessation: ↓ Risk of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, COPD. Better outcomes for those diagnosed with cancer: longer survival, fewer complications, improved quality of life
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We propose using the World Health Organization Clinical Treatment Guideline + the RE-AIM framework to iplement this effectively (see figures below).
See an interesting article about lung cancer.
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