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Mary Pasquinelli, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, on Addressing Lung Cancer Care Equity in Vulnerable Communities

Quantitative Imaging Workshop XVII

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Mary Pasquinelli, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, of the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Science System, discusses proposed U.S. Preventive Services Task Force lung cancer screening guidelines, which show race and gender disparities, and how modifying these recommendations with a risk prediction model may improve health care.



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