Assessment of Lung Cancer Screening Program Websites.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that individuals at high risk for lung cancer consider benefits and harms before pursuing lung cancer screening. Medical centers develop websites for their lung cancer screening programs, but to date little is known about the websites' portrayal of benefits and harms or what next steps they recommend for individuals considering screening.

Objective

To assess the presentation of potential benefits and harms and recommended next steps on lung cancer screening program websites.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional content analysis of 162 lung cancer screening program websites of academic medical centers (n = 81) and state-matched community medical centers (n = 81) that were randomly selected from Am

SUBMITTER: Clark SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7154949 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature