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This education session will explore available lung cancer diagnostic tests and how to enhance a patient’s experience and outcomes by working collaboratively to embed the FastTrack Clinic referral pathway in local general practice to minimise preventable diagnostic delays.

This meeting will also provide an update on the International Lung Screen Trial (ILST) currently underway around Australia, with recruitment planned for Dubbo and surrounding areas.

It will summarise key lung cancer screening studies including the National Lung Screening Trial (USA) and NELSON study (Europe) that have shown a survival benefit from CT screening of high-risk subjects.

It will review the experience of international centres on recruitment to lung cancer screening programs, in particular reasons why patients may not present for screening.

It will review the potential roles of general practitioners and primary health care in identifying and supporting high-risk candidates for screening with, if necessary, concomitant smoking cessation support.

Presenters:

• Dr Sugamya Mallawathantri, Respiratory Physician 
• Dr Emily Stone, Staff Specialist Thoracic Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital

Target Audience: GPs and Registrars

Program:

• 6.30pm - Registration/Light Supper (provided)
• 6.55pm - Welcome
• 7.00pm - Education Presentation & Case Discussion (Dr Sugamya Mallawathantri)
• 7.30pm - Low Dose Computed Tomography Research Project (Dr Emily Stone)
• 7.50pm - Introducing the Fast Track Clinic referral pathway (Dr Mallawathantri)
• 8.00pm - Interactive Discussion/Q&A
• 8.30pm - Evaluation and Close

Learning Outcomes:

• Identify local lung cancer referral pathways
• Explore appropriate diagnostic tests
• Apply safe and coordinated pathways for rural lung cancer patients
• Discuss the evidence for low-dose CT lung cancer screening and evaluate likely suitable candidates for screening
• Avoid unnecessary CT scans by optimising patient selection for lung cancer screening

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