Screening for Lung Cancer: Effective Recruitment Methods


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Target Audience:
The target audience for this activity is radiologists, radiologists-in-training, and other health professionals who have an interest lung cancer screening.

Goals and Objectives:
After completing the material in this article, the learner should be able to:
  1. Describe the reasons why lung cancer screening rates remain low despite the publication of the USPSTF and CMS guidelines;
  2. Describe the unique barriers to screening individuals from socioeconomically disadvantaged communities;
  3. Formulate recruitment strategies to increase participation in clinical lung cancer screening programs; and
  4. Evaluate the feasibility of lung cancer screening in a minority, socioeconomically disadvantaged, high-risk population different from that studied in the NLST.


Disclosure of Commercial Interest:
  • P. Colletti has nothing to disclose
  • C. Lee has nothing to disclose


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NonMember Price:
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