• Author: Lauren E. Kearney
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What a peer-led, community-engaged lung cancer screening pilot study taught us about reaching black Veterans

Abstract:Despite high lung cancer risk, Black Americans have disproportionately low lung cancer screening (LCS) uptake. This low uptake is driven by low LCS awareness, mistrust of …

Black US military Veterans respond favourably to a booklet using narratives to normalise shared decision-making

Abstract: Background: Black Americans, including military veterans, experience worse health outcomes. In the United States, Black men have the highest lung cancer mortality and are …

Highly variable reporting of incidental findings in a national cohort of US veterans screened for lung cancer

Abstract: Many incidental findings found in VA patients’ lung cancer screening CT scans were not labeled with the “S” modifier. Across VA medical centers, there was …