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Editorial
. 2021 May 25;10(3):LMT51.
doi: 10.2217/lmt-2021-0004. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Disparities in lung cancer screening rates among the Hispanic/LatinX population

Coral Olazagasti  1 , Nagashree Seetharamu  1
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Editorial

Disparities in lung cancer screening rates among the Hispanic/LatinX population

Coral Olazagasti et al. Lung Cancer Manag. .
No abstract available

Keywords: disparities; early detection; low dose CT; lung cancer; screening; tobacco.

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Conflict of interest statement

Financial & competing interests disclosure Nagashree Seetharamu has the following disclosures: Ad board for Amgen, Genentech, AZ, Takeda and consulting for Boehringer Ingram. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed. No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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