Unnecessary loss of life, and how to avoid it - The potential of lung cancer screening Published 2 months ago Unnecessary loss of life – but not from COVID-19. At a time when the coronavirus infection is already inflicting a frightening death toll on the world from a previously unknown health threat, Europe cannot afford to tolerate another unnecessary and large-scale loss of life from a disease that has long been well recognized: lung cancer. But institutional neglect is causing unnecessary loss of life, according to oncologists, pulmonologists, radiotherapists, technology developers and patient representatives from across Europe. In a European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM) round table they focused on persistent delays in promoting the lung cancer screening programmes that could save thousands of life-years,