Urgent call for action on Australia's deadliest cancer
Lung cancer kills more Australians than breast, prostate and brain cancers combined, yet receives dangerously low funding. A national screening program launched last year has scanned over 100,000 high-risk patients and detected nearly 250 early-stage cancers. Advocates are unveiling a new blueprint in Canberra demanding expanded screening, tobacco and vaping action, and increased research investment, as five-year survival rates drop from 68% at stage one to just 3% at stage four.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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