British health officials recommend everyone over the age of 55 be screened for lung cancer
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The U.K. National Screening Committee recommends that all citizens over the age of 55 be checked for lung cancer if they ever smoked.
Lung cancer can become deadly because patients are often diagnosed when the disease is more severe due to not having regular medical check-ups. Every year, approximately 35,000 people in the United Kingdom die from lung cancer.
The U.K. Cancer Research organization endorsed the recommendation and added that it should be implemented "as swiftly as possible."
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