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Early detection has been at our core since the charity
first launched. In 1993, we awarded the first grant of its
kind to Professor John Field to study genetic changes in
lung cancer, thus laying the groundwork for screening
of high-risk individuals.

This work also formed the basis for the Liverpool Lung
Project (LLP), a project we funded from 1996 which
used epidemiological techniques to develop a risk
model which could help identify individuals at high risk
of developing lung cancer. The result of this work was
used by Prof. Field as he led the UK pilot study into the
use of CT screening for identifying lung cancer.

The work of the LLP continued, and we funded the
first UK mobile lab to recruit high risk people into the
project. It almost feels like we’ve come full circle; that
first mobile unit would not have been a million miles
away from the mobile units that are going to be used in
the roll out.

There is no doubt that this work – recognised as both
ground breaking and unique – has played a substantial
role in this sizeable investment.

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