Forbes November 10, 2024
Less than 20% (19.6%) of Americans who are eligible to get screened for lung cancer are getting the test they need, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.
This is in stark contrast to 70-75% of Americans that get screened for other cancers through tests such as mammograms for breast cancer or colonoscopies for colon cancer. Low screening rates for lung cancer is concerning because lung cancer is the deadliest of all cancers, and nearly half of those with the disease get diagnosed when it has already spread outside the lung and survival is low, according to the CDC.
So why are lung cancer screening rates so abysmal? The answer is not straightforward and likely a result of multiple...
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