Association of Race With Lung Cancer Risk Among Adults Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening

Christine S Shusted; Nathaniel R Evans; Hee-Soon Juon; Gregory C Kane; Julie A Barta

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.4509

Association of Race With Lung Cancer Risk Among Adults Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Apr 1;4(4):e214509. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.4509.

Authors

Christine S Shusted¹, Nathaniel R Evans², Hee-Soon Juon³, Gregory C Kane¹, Julie A Barta¹

Affiliations

¹ The Jane and Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² The Jane and Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Division of Population Science, Department of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines whether race is associated with differences in 6-year lung cancer risk among patients eligible for US Preventive Services Task Force–recommended lung cancer screening.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Black or African American*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Early Detection of Cancer*
Female
Humans
Logistic Models
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
Lung Neoplasms / ethnology*
Lung*
Male
Mass Screening*
Middle Aged
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk
Smoking
United States
White People*