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Challenges addressing lung cancer are well-documented: Only 5% to 21% of eligible Americans undergo low-dose CT imaging. These numbers are even worse among populations that bear a disproportionate burden of lung cancer, experts detailed in JAMA Network Open [1]. Black individuals, for instance, are 16% less likely to survive five years after a diagnosis, with worse odds of receiving LDCT.
Researchers sought to better understand the environmental and psychosocial factors driving these numbers, conducting interviews and focus groups with 34 individuals eligible for screening.
“Understanding how patients make decisions to engage with lung cancer screening is critical for increasing uptake,” Jennifer Richmond, PhD, an assistant...
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