The NICE lung cancer clinical guideline covers the full range of care that should be available from the
NHS to adults who have lung cancer, or whose doctors think they may have lung cancer. They
include how the diagnosis should be made and the treatments that should be offered at different times.
The guideline does not look at:
mesothelioma (a type of cancer affecting the lining of the lung)
cancer that starts in a different part of the body and then spreads to the lungs
This booklet is intended to help those planning and commissioning cancer services, in partnership with local hospitals
and the community to improve the quality of care for people with lung cancer or those at higher risk of developing the disease.
It is intended to support the ongoing implementation of the recommendations within the report 'A Policy Framework for Commissioning Cancer Services'.
