The UK government is considering a recommendation from the UK National Screening Committee to offer CT scans to all smokers and former smokers aged between 55 and 74 to improve early diagnosis of Lung Cancer. Results from pilot schemes indicate three-quarters of lung cancer cases at stage one or two could be detected by the checks. The UK's survival rates for lung cancer are 15%, compared with 55% in the US, and the disease is the country's most common cause of cancer death. Over 50,000 diagnoses and 35,000 deaths are attributed to the disease annually in the UK.

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