Potential Disparities by Sex and Race or Ethnicity in Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility Rates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Criteria for low-dose CT scan lung cancer screening vary across guidelines. Knowledge of the eligible pool across demographic groups can enable policy and programmatic decision-making, particularly for disproportionately affected populations.

Research question

What are the eligibility rates for low-dose CT scan screening according to sex and race or ethnicity and how do these rates relate to corresponding lung cancer incidence rates?

Study design and methods

This was a cross-sectional study using data from the 2015 National Health Interview Survey adult and cancer control supplement files. In addition to eligibility rates, the ratio of the eligibility rate to the lung cancer incidence rate in a given population group (eligibility to incidence [E-I] ratio) a

SUBMITTER: Pinsky PF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8411441 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature