How do health literacy and chronic disease influence the diagnostic evaluation of patients with lung cancer symptoms?
Initiatives targeting awareness of the risk of overlooking cancer symptoms amongst high-risk patients presenting in general practice may improve the chance of timely diagnosis of lung cancer.
Authors
- Lisa Maria Sele Sætre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2029-3301)
- Dorte Ejg Jarbøl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3241-4190)
- Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3612-1731)
- Jens Søndergaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1629-1864)
- Christian Borbjerg Laursen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6382-9906)
- Sonja Wehberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1503-2649)
Institutions
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Odense University Hospital (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Oncologica
- Published
- 2025-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2340/1651-226x.2025.44113
- Primary Topic
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Kræftens Bekæmpelse
- Dansk Kræftforsknings Fond