Negative social determinants of health are linked to lung cancer screening underutilization
Having more adverse SDOH was associated with a lower likelihood of having lifetime LCS and meeting the recommendation, with life dissatisfaction, lack of social and emotional support, housing insecurity, lack of health insurance, and medical care cost being independently associated factors.
Authors
- Eduardo Núñez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0047-4364)
- Fatima G. Wilder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0028-9919)
- Nhung Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5223-6056)
- Van Vuong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2140-9772)
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- General Department of Preventive Medicine (VN)
- Baystate Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Lung Cancer Management
- Published
- 2025-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17581966.2025.2583639
- Primary Topic
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Cancer Institute