{"id":546459,"date":"2026-05-28T19:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=546459"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:00:10","slug":"belarus-launches-free-early-lung-cancer-screening-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarus-launches-free-early-lung-cancer-screening-program","title":{"rendered":"Belarus Launches Free Early Lung Cancer Screening Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The Belarusian Health Ministry has approved an <a href=\"https:\/\/minzdrav.gov.by\/ru\/dlya-spetsialistov\/normativno-pravovaya-baza\/baza-npa.php?ELEMENT_ID=337185\">instruction<\/a> on the procedure for early lung cancer detection. The document was adopted as part of the 2026-2030 state program \u201cNation\u2019s Health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program is available free of charge to patients aged 50-70 who have at least one risk factor: a smoking history of more than 30 pack-years, quitting smoking less than 15 years ago, or lung cancer among close relatives. Electronic cigarettes and nicotine-containing products are also taken into account in the calculations.<\/p>\n<p>The main diagnostic method is low-dose computed tomography of the chest, which will be carried out once a year. Patients can join the program through their local clinic. When applying, patients will be asked to complete a questionnaire. Referrals for tomography are issued by prior appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Three outcomes are possible following the examination: no pathology detected, detection of nodules with a follow-up CT scan \u043d\u0430\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0435\u043d, or suspicious changes requiring referral to a specialized institution. The Health Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/minzdravbelarus\/34105\">emphasized<\/a> that the detection of nodules does not mean cancer, but that further monitoring should not be ignored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Belarusian Health Ministry has approved an instruction on the procedure for early lung cancer detection. The document was adopted as part of the 2026-2030 state program \u201cNation\u2019s Health.\u201d The program is available free of charge to patients aged 50-70 who have at least one risk factor: a smoking history of more than 30 pack-years, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":509167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a18749dd39fa.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarus Launches Free Early Lung Cancer Screening Program"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143127],"tags":[143118],"class_list":["post-546459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-society","tag-belarus"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}