
Delivering Equitable Lung Cancer Care [Sponsored]
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Why Lung Cancer Screenings Are So Low?
Each year only about five to seven percent of people who qualify receive a lung cancer screening. Mark says there are few or no policy mechanisms which incentivize health systems to catch lung cancer at an early stage. There's almost a sense of sense of shame amongst people who are at risk of developing lung cancer, such as smokers. These patients should still be receiving their annual lung check.
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