lung cancer screening

New lung cancer screening guidelines will likely increase eligibility by nearly 54 percent. increasing the overall proportion of women, racial and ethnic minority groups, and individuals with lower socioeconomic status, according to new research by Kaiser Permanente. The new guidelines are also projected to lead to an estimated 30 percent increase in lung cancer diagnoses …

New lung cancer screening guidelines increase eligibility for minorities and women Read More »

Black patients were 33 percent less likely to followup the negative results of their lung cancer screening, according to a meta-analysis of seven studies. This gap persisted for all stages of lung cancer. See the abstract of the scientific paper “Racial Differences in Adherence to Lung Cancer Screening Follow-up: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” by Yukiko …

Black patients far less likely to follow up lung cancer screening results Read More »

The American Lung Association finds that African Americans are 16% less likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer early, 19% less likely to receive surgical treatment, and 7% more likely to not receive any treatment than are white Americans. Latinos, Asian Americans, and Indigenous communities also face screening and treatment disparities. Why don’t people from …

Black Americans Don’t Get Screened or Treated for Lung Cancer at Same Rates as White Americans Read More »

New guidelines for annual screening to detect lung cancer have lowered the age to start screening from 55 to 50 and the minimum smoking history from 30 pack-years to 20 pack-years. Adults aged 50 to 80 years, who have a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years …

New lung cancer screening guidelines will make eligible more minorities and women Read More »

Why don’t people from minority groups get equal treatment when it comes to lung cancer screening and care? A report from the American Lung Association finds that African Americans are 16% less likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer early, 19% less likely to receive surgical treatment, and 7% more likely to not receive any …

Why and what we can do about glaring disparities in lung cancer screening and treatment based on race Read More »

Expanding eligibility for lung cancer screening by lowering the required minimum age and intensity of smoking in order to increase the number of Black smokers screened does not reduce the racial disparity in who gets screened. Based on an awareness that the rate of cigarette smoking and the age at diagnosis tend to be lower …

Expanding lung cancer screening guidelines to include younger patients and lower smoking levels may not reduce disparities Read More »

When we look at disparities in lung cancer, we have to look at our health care structure and how it provides access to people of color. We do know that African Americans are screened less than white Americans. So how can we fix that? One is through education of our care providers.  We need to …

How the Community Can Help Improve Access to Lung Cancer Screening and Care Read More »

Only about 55 percent of individuals at greater risk of developing lung cancer are getting screened for lung cancer in the United States, according to a review of 15 studies that included nearly 17,000 subjects. Checking high-risk current and former smokers for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography has been proven to save lives. Whites …

Whites twice as likely to get screened for lung cancer as other racial and ethnic groups Read More »

A new model for lung cancer screening may ensure that African Americans at risk for lung cancer are no longer undercounted, according to researchers. Studies suggest that African American ever-smokers at high risk for lung cancer may benefit from screening more than any other racial/ethnic group. However, the current criteria for screening established by the …

Different screening guidelines may identify more Blacks with lung cancer Read More »

We have data since 2011 that there is a 20 precent reduced lung cancer mortality with low-dose CT lung cancer screening, says Luis E. Raez, MD, of Memorial Cancer Institute/Florida International University in Miami. It took Medicare and payers more than 5 years to agree that the benefit is worth it and they started to …

“The promotion of lung cancer screening to the U.S. Hispanic population has been a disaster” Read More »