Smokers and ex-smokers in Dartford are being invited to take part in a free lung screening pilot scheme.
NHS Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance are encouraging those aged between 55 and 74 to attend, with checks being offered at the Priory Shopping Centre on Thursday.
The aim of the service is to save lives by catching cancer early.
Dr Jonathan Bryant, NHS Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance Cancer Clinical Lead, said the screenings were important as “earlier the diagnosis, the more treatment options there are.”
From the end of July patients will be screened at the new North Kent Community Diagnostic Centre in Dartford, which is run by Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust.
Meanwhile, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is expanding their free lung screening to Faversham, with checks being offered at its town council building on Friday.
There is also a new mobile CT scanner at the Estuary View Medical Practice in Whitstable.
The scheme started in November 2022 and was rolled out across the south Kent coast, covering Folkestone, Dover, Deal, Sandwich and Romney Marsh, as well as in Canterbury last year.
Since its launch more than 100 lung cancers have been diagnosed in East Kent, with 64% diagnosed at an early stage – compared to 33% outside of the screening.
