Addressing disparities in lung cancer screening eligibility and healthcare access. An official American Thoracic Society statement

MP Rivera, HA Katki, NT Tanner, M Triplette… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Background: There are well-documented disparities in lung cancer outcomes across
populations. Lung cancer screening (LCS) has the potential to reduce lung cancer mortality …

Disparities in lung cancer screening: a review

DN Haddad, KL Sandler, LM Henderson… - Annals of the …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in the United States. Certain groups are
at increased risk of developing lung cancer and experience greater morbidity and mortality …

Racial and socioeconomic disparities in lung cancer screening in the United States: A systematic review

E Sosa, G D'Souza, A Akhtar, M Sur… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer deaths. Lung cancer
screening (LCS) reduces NSCLC mortality; however, a lack of diversity in LCS studies may …

Racial disparities in lung cancer screening: an exploratory investigation

SJ Japuntich, NH Krieger, AL Salvas… - Journal of the National …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background/Purpose Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the
United States. Black Americans have the highest rate of lung cancer mortality, due to being …

Potential disparities by sex and race or ethnicity in lung cancer screening eligibility rates

PF Pinsky, YK Lau, CA Doubeni - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Criteria for low-dose CT scan lung cancer screening vary across guidelines.
Knowledge of the eligible pool across demographic groups can enable policy and …

Evaluation of revised US preventive services task force lung cancer screening guideline among women and racial/ethnic minority populations

TJ Reese, CR Schlechter, LN Potter… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Lung cancer incidence and mortality disproportionately affect women and
racial/ethnic minority populations, yet screening guidelines for the past several years were …

The patient perspective on lung cancer screening and health disparities

AKB Kitts - Journal of the American College of Radiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Lung cancer screening is just starting to be implemented across the United States.
Challenges to screening include access to care, awareness of the option for screening …

Lung cancer screening eligibility and screening patterns among Black and White adults in the United States

JW Lozier, SA Fedewa, RA Smith… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Lung cancer screening (LCS) with annual low radiation dose computed tomography (LDCT)
for adults aged 55 years to 80 years with a 30 pack-year history of smoking was initially …

Racial and ethnic disparities in lung cancer screening eligibility

AK Narayan, DN Chowdhry, FJ Fintelmann, BP Little… - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Background To address disparities in lung cancer screening (LCS) that may exclude large
numbers of high-risk African American smokers, revised US Preventive Services Task Force …

The landscape of US lung cancer screening services

MS Kale, J Wisnivesky, E Taioli, B Liu - Chest, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Low adoption of lung cancer screening is potentially caused by inadequate
access to a comprehensive lung cancer screening registry (LCSR), currently a requirement …