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What The Study Did: Lung cancer screening in the U.S. is more common among those who may be less likely to benefit from screening because of poor underlying health. Also, racial or ethnic disparities were evident after accounting for health status, with non-Hispanic Black individuals nearly half as likely as non-Hispanic White individuals to report lung cancer screening despite the potential for greater benefit of screening this population.
Authors: Alison S. Rustagi, M.D., Ph.D., of the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.5318)
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