Open AccessPromoting Community Awareness of Lung Cancer Screening Among Disparate Populations
Author(s) -
Lesley Williams,
Stephen W. Looney,
Thomas V. Joshua,
Amber McCall,
Martha S. Tingen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cancer nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.79
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1538-9804
pISSN - 0162-220X
DOI - 10.1097/ncc.0000000000000748
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer screening , lung cancer , psychological intervention , smoking cessation , family medicine , intervention (counseling) , cancer screening , guideline , population , cancer , ethnic group , community health , gerontology , environmental health , public health , nursing , pathology , sociology , anthropology
Lung cancer is the no. 1 cause of cancer death in the United States. Racial/ethnic minority and medically underserved populations suffer higher mortality than whites. Early detection through uptake of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) among screening-eligible adults may mitigate high mortality. However, nearly 5 years since the publication of the US Preventive Services Task Force lung cancer screening guideline, population awareness of LDCT is low, and only 4% of screening-eligible adults have undergone screening.