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Expanding reach, enhancing capacity: embracing the role of primary care in lung cancer screening and smoking cessation in the United States

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: A major update has just been released regarding the proportion and number of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the United States.1 We are not particularly surprised to note the increasing impact of smoking on the prevalence of lung cancer, given documented minimal changes in smoking rates in middle-aged and older adults in the past decade.2

Source: The Lancet Regional Health - Americas

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100870

Authors: Elochukwu Ezenwankwo, Duong Thuy Nguyen, Idorenyin Ubon Akpabio, Jan M. Eberth

Institutions: Drexel University, Western Cape Department of Health

Language: English

Topic: Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,000