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Researchers and advocates urge more lung cancer screening for Black veterans
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Physician-researchers, city officials and community veterans described outreach efforts to increase lung cancer screening for Black veterans, highlighted screening survival benefits and said community-led events help rebuild trust with veterans who do not use VA care.
At a March 20 Boston City Council Committee hearing, VA researchers, city officials and community veterans outlined outreach to increase lung cancer screening for Black veterans and described disparities in diagnosis and treatment.
"Eight thousand veterans are diagnosed with lung cancer each year," said Dr. Rhonda Weiner, pulmonary physician and principal investigator of the VetPeerConnect study at VA Boston. "Five thousand veterans die each year from lung cancer," she added, translating those deaths to "an average of 15 veterans every day." Weiner told the committee that veterans face higher lung cancer…
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