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. 2025 Dec;6(4):432-436.
doi: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2025-0010BR. Epub 2025 Jun 6.

Community-based Educational Intervention for Lung Cancer Screening for Non-Hispanic Black Adults

Francesca C Duncan  1 , Edwin J Jackson  1 , Lauren D Nephew  2 , Noah B Davis  3 , Mychael T Spencer  3 , Brendon D Truax  1 , Catherine R Sears  1   4
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Community-based Educational Intervention for Lung Cancer Screening for Non-Hispanic Black Adults

Francesca C Duncan et al. ATS Sch. 2025 Dec.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Participants’ reasons for interest in LCS. LCS = lung cancer screening.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Participants’ reported effective ways to increase LCS uptake among non-Hispanic Black individuals. LCS = lung cancer screening.
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