Borris-In Ossory's Samantha Vaughan feels it can help with early detection.
About two thousand people lose their lives to lung cancer every year.
The Irish Cancer Society wants to save lives by asking for a national lung cancer screening programme.
More people are diagnosed with lung cancer than any other cancer annually.
Borris-In Ossory's Samantha Vaughan was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma in October 2022 and was at the launch of the pilot programme.
She says it would help with early detection:
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