Racial Disparities in Lung Cancer: Part 3 of a Special Series
In part 3 of this series, we interviewed Samuel Cykert, MD, who helped build a system-based intervention to reduce racial gaps and improve care for all patients with lung cancer.
In part 3 of this series, we interviewed Samuel Cykert, MD, who helped build a system-based intervention to reduce racial gaps and improve care for all patients with lung cancer.
In part 2 of this 3-part series, the recent State of Lung Cancer report by the American Lung Association, which included state-level and national-level data on lung cancer in people of color for the first time.
A sizable body of research has long shown racial disparities in treatment and survival between Black and White patients with lung cancer.
The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program published focused updates to their asthma management guidelines.
A growing number of studies involve the role of prone positioning to improve ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) related to COVID-19.
The 6th WSPH Task Force on Hemodynamic Definitions and Clinical Classification recently proposed reducing the diagnostic mPAP threshold for pulmonary hypertension.
While cardiopulmonary exercise testing is commonly used to identify exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in asthma, this approach may also prove useful in assessing additional measures of functioning and treatment response.
The American Society of Hematology released evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of DVT and PE in patients without cancer.
There may be interactive health effects between the 2 crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and US wildfires.
Findings suggest lower rates of COVID-19 infection and mortality in countries with universal neonatal BCG tuberculosis vaccination policies compared with countries without this practice.