Truck fitted with CT scanner checks for lung cancer in remote NT
By Tilda Colling

A road train fitted with a battery-powered CT scanner is travelling across the NT outback to screen remote community residents for lung cancer, in the jurisdiction with Australia's highest diagnosis and mortality rates for the disease.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-25/nt-lung-cancer-screening-service-in-remote-communities/106837452

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Truck fitted with CT scanner checks for lung cancer in remote NT

A road train fitted with a battery-powered CT scanner is travelling across the NT outback to screen remote community residents for lung cancer, in the jurisdiction with Australia's highest diagnosis and mortality rates for the disease.