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Eligibility of Black women under USPSTF lung cancer screening guidelines

JAMA Oncology

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: Researchers evaluated lung cancer screening eligibility among Black women in the U.S. under the 2013 and 2021 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lung cancer screening guidelines.

Authors: Julie R. Palmer, Sc.D., of the Boston University School of Medicine, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5790)

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