Patient Lung Cancer Screening Decisions and Environmental and Psychosocial Factors
Jennifer Richmond,
Jessica R. Fernandez,
Kemberlee Bonnet
et al.
Abstract:ImportanceScreening for lung cancer using low-dose computed tomography is associated with reduced lung cancer–specific mortality, but uptake is low in the US; understanding how patients make decisions to engage with lung cancer screening is critical for increasing uptake. Prior research has focused on individual-level psychosocial factors, but environmental factors (eg, historical contexts that include experiencing racism) and modifying factors—those that can be changed to make it easier or harder to undergo s… Show more
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