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Lung cancer health checks: Do they work? - BBC Newsnight
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February 11, 2019
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6:24Now PlayingA new lung cancer screening service is being rolled out in England, targeting those at high risk.
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NHS England has announced a £70 million project which will see lung cancer scanning trucks operating from supermarket car parks and offering people on the spot chest scans.
But concerns have been raised over the tests' accuracy and potential harms.
Consultant respiratory physician Professor David Baldwin and Professor Carl Heneghan join Emily Maitlis.
Newsnight's Deborah Cohen reports.
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