Primary care and pulmonary physicians' knowledge and practice concerning screening for lung cancer in Lebanon, a middle-income country.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) was shown to reduce lung cancer incidence and overall mortality, and it has been recently included in international guidelines. Despite the rising burden of lung cancer in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as Lebanon, little is known about what primary care physicians or pulmonologists know and think about LDCT as a screening procedure for lung cancer, and if they recommend it.

Objectives

Evaluate the knowledge about LDCT and implementation of international guidelines for lung cancer screening among Lebanese primary care physicians (PCPs) and pulmonary specialists.

Methodology

PCPs and PUs based in Lebanon were surveyed concerning knowledge and practices related to lung cancer scr

SUBMITTER: Bou Akl I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8026943 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature