00:02Susie Scott grew up without her mother, who died from lung cancer when she was just nine.
00:08It kind of made me a better person, as in realising how precious life is.
00:15Decades later, the 57-year-old was diagnosed with the same cancer.
00:20Last year, a scan picked up a tumour in her right lung.
00:24She had no symptoms but went for a check after hearing about the National Lung Cancer Screening Program.
00:30I was very lucky, to be honest.
00:33Australians aged 50 to 70 are eligible for a free low-dose CT scan if
00:38they have a history of heavy smoking, currently smoke or quit in the past 10 years and have no lung
00:45cancer symptoms.
00:47This is the first national screening program introduced in Australia in over 20 years
00:52and the first in the digital age.
00:54In the scheme's first year, more than 100,000 people accessed screening.
01:00Almost 400 lung cancers have been found.
01:03We can and should regard it as a great success.
01:06But with almost one million Australians eligible, there's scope for improvement.
01:11There is definitely more work to be done with education and awareness around the program.
01:17We don't have enough specialist lung cancer nurses in Australia.
01:20While smoking is the greatest risk factor for lung cancer, it isn't the only one.
01:26Research is underway to see if screening other vulnerable groups would be viable.
01:30Ms Scott's cancer was removed, she hasn't needed further treatment and has quit nicotine.
01:36So many people don't need to be dying from lung cancer.
01:40They need to go and get the screening.
01:42and while Miami is ending up with the stroke, they have no additional need to be able to create that.
01:42So they have to be fixed regardless of what college.
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