Study Finds That New Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines Increase Eligibility for Black Women
A new study conducted by researchers from the University of California-Berkeley, the Northeastern University and Boston University has found that the new screening guidelines for lung cancer have significantly grown the eligibility of Black women. The U.S. Preventative Services Taskforce, which is made up of experts in evidence-based and preventative medicine, changed the lung cancer screening guidelines in April 2021 by reducing the required smoking “pack-years” to 20 from 30 and lowering the screening age of eligibility to 50, from 55. According to a research letter recently published in “JAMA Oncology,” these changes were made in order to increase the…











