{"id":17373,"date":"2025-08-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gecp.pt\/?p=17373"},"modified":"2025-08-19T07:35:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T06:35:40","slug":"rastreio-do-cancro-do-pulmao-abrange-fumadores-e-ex-fumadores-dos-55-aos-74-anos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gecp.pt\/en\/rastreio-do-cancro-do-pulmao-abrange-fumadores-e-ex-fumadores-dos-55-aos-74-anos\/","title":{"rendered":"Lung cancer screening covers smokers and former borders from 55 to 74"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last August 1, the country woke up with the news that the lung cancer screening projects will advance in two regions: at the Santo Ant\u00f3nio local health unit, in Porto, and in the municipality of Cascais.<\/p>\r\n<p>According to the statement released, the screening is intended for smokers and former fumers aged 55 and 74, who have smoked at least one pack of cigarettes a day for 20 years. Individuals tracked with negative results will be reevaluated annually. Positive cases should be referred to a specialty consultation within 30 days, in order to allow the timely diagnosis of any possible pathology.<\/p>\r\n<p>The Lung Cancer Study Group (GECP) received this news with great satisfaction, stressing that for the first time a concrete measure is implemented with potential to significantly reduce mortality associated with lung cancer.<\/p>\r\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cnnportugal.iol.pt\/cancro-do-bumadoes\/streio-do--dulmao-brange-fumadors-e---55-a-74-anos\/20250801\/688c5a69d34e3f0bae12bd5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_ Blank\"> Read the full news here! <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last August 1, the country woke up with the news that the lung cancer screening projects will advance in two regions: at the Santo Ant\u00f3nio local health unit, in Porto, and in the municipality of Cascais. According to the statement&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gecp.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17373"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gecp.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gecp.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gecp.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gecp.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17373"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.gecp.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17390,"href":"https:\/\/www.gecp.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17373\/revisions\/17390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gecp.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gecp.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gecp.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gecp.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}