{
  "abstract": "Introduction Lung cancer screening (LCS) reduces lung cancer mortality and health inequality. Implementation is challenging at a time when screening invites are limited. We sought to establish the numbers of patients attending our community diagnostic centre (CDC) for lung function testing (LFT) that would qualify for opportunistic LCS and smoking cessation services (SCC).Methods Patients attending the CDC for LFT from November 2024 to January 2025 were assessed by age and smoking status to determine whether they would qualify for LCS (55–74 years and current or ex-smokers) and/or referral to tobacco dependency services (TDS).Results In the 3 months 1255 LFT attendances were recorded of which 316 patients within the LCS age range (25.2%, figure 1). Of those 149 (47%) were females and 167 (54%) males, with a median age of 65 yrs. 105 patients were current smokers warranting referral to tobacco dependency services, representing 8.4% of total LFT and 33.2% of within LCS age range.Abstract M6 Figure 1Total Number of patients referred for LFT, those meeting age criteria for LCS and the number of current smokers within that group. Percentage of total LFT patients shown. Abbreviations: LFT- lung function tests, LCS- lung cancer screeningConclusion One quarter of LFT referrals are within the age range for LCS, representing a group of patients that could be referred directly to LCS from the community (although we did not confirm whether any were already within the programme). 50% of that group were current smokers supporting the need for reliable access to SCC from the CDC. Further work aims to develop easy to use (e.g. QR code) information for CDC attendees on LCS and Smoking cessation with proactive referrals. Furthermore, we propose to assess all attendees at CDC to more broadly understand opportunistic LCS and TDS referrals.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Oxford Centre for Diagnostics, Perspectum, Oxford University Hospitals NHS foundation Trust, Oxford, UK"
      ],
      "name": "L Stoodley"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Oxford Centre for Diagnostics, Perspectum, Oxford University Hospitals NHS foundation Trust, Oxford, UK"
      ],
      "name": "P De Sousa"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK"
      ],
      "name": "AH Nickol"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK"
      ],
      "name": "C Turnbull"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK"
      ],
      "name": "JE Park"
    }
  ],
  "title": "M6 Make every contact count- opportunistic lung cancer screening and smoking cessation at a community diagnostic centre",
  "uid": "902cf97b-7ad0-58bf-b20f-abe8dac5d725"
}