Recommendation of the President #HPP #48aa – Early detection of lung cancer
Recommendation No. 178/2025 of November 21, 2025, of the President of the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System on recommended medical technologies, activities carried out under health policy programs, and conditions for the implementation of these programs concerning the early detection of lung cancer
The recommendation is an update of Recommendation No. 10/2020 of November 30, 2020. of the President of the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System on recommended medical technologies, activities carried out under health policy programs, and the conditions for implementing these programs concerning the early detection of lung cancer in accordance with Article 48aa(8) of the Act on healthcare services financed from public funds.
The recommendation contains a model solution for a given health problem – early detection of lung cancer.
The recommendation exempts local government units from the obligation to submit a health policy program prepared in accordance with its content for review.
Thus, the recommendation serves as a model for programs prepared by local government units for this health problem.
The President of the Agency recommends that health policy programs include information and -educational activities aimed at lung cancer prevention in the general population, training on lung cancer for medical personnel, and screening using NDTK among people aged 50-74 with a history of tobacco consumption of ≥20 pack-years and a period of tobacco abstinence of ≤15 years.
The President of the Agency does not recommend the use of other medical technologies and activities in health policy programs, nor conditions of implementation other than those included in this document.
Therefore, from November 21, 2025, in order to prepare PPZs for the early detection of lung cancer, the provisions of Recommendation No. 178/2025 should be taken into account, and then a statement of compliance of the PPZ project with this recommendation should be sent to the Agency pursuant to Article 48aa(11) of the Act.
There is no need to modify the PPZ currently in force, which entered into force before the publication of Recommendation 178/2025. It is not possible to continue future editions of the PPZ in unchanged form.