Lung Cancer: Screening

(asked on 6th September 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timescale is for the report of the SUMMIT trial into low dose CT scans for the detection of lung cancer.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 13th September 2021

The current planned timescale for blood test and key data for the SUMMIT trial is expected by 2023, with an estimated publication date in 2024. However, the full SUMMIT trial is expected to run until 2030 as it will include long-term participant outcomes, with publications after this date.

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