Health committee  Sure. I might start since I might have been the guilty party who introduced that. This is where Canada has the potential advantage over the U.S. The U.S. has not formalized a program, but it is paying for screening, which is covered as a Medicare benefit. So whether or not you o

Health committee  To follow up on that, as I think we've already heard from the Canadian Cancer Society team, in addition to smoking cessation, assessing for a risk from radon and radon exposure and measures to decrease asbestos and other workplace exposures I think are very important. You are a

Health committee  As I think you'll hear from Stephen Lam, I think people of certain generations should be assessed for their lung cancer risk. If your risk is high enough, you should be considered for a lung cancer screening program. We do have the knowledge and the expertise here in Canada acros

Health committee  I think that's an excellent observation. Some published studies suggest, exactly as you've highlighted, that the risk of getting lung cancer in never-smoking women is twice that in never-smoking men. To date there is no conclusive evidence as to why that is. There have been some

Health committee  Thank you. That's an excellent question. I think Dr. Stephen Lam will outline more of an answer to your question. The best evidence we have for decreasing mortality in people at risk of lung cancer is in people aged 55 to 74 with a significant smoking history, with something th

Health committee  Great. Thank you so much. Paul and I are honoured to be here to address the committee. We both are medical oncologists at separate institutions. We treat lung cancer. We have an interest in the treatment of lung cancer. We also volunteer with a charitable organization, Lung Canc