“…Hence, in addition to building infrastructure that equitably reaches the population in the long term, the employment of mobile CT scanners and one-stop 'lung health-checks' among community centers 60 , as well as the provision of complementary transportation within screening programs, are essential strategies to address such scenarios 61 . Moreover, physician unawareness of screening guidelines and lack of time for counseling represent challenges for the identification and adherence of eligible high-risk individuals in LMICs 62,63 . For instance, in Egypt, a national pilot survey demonstrated that physicians do not frequently perform LCS, notwithstanding expert group recommendations 64 .…”