It had been seen a quite considerable positive tendency in African-American people to be least susceptible to developing lung cancer in specific. Can this be a cultural associated tendency?
I think they have the highest chances of having lung cancer
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Perspectives of African Americans on Lung Cancer: A Qualitative Analysis
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Who is at high risk for lung cancer? Population-level and individual-level perspectives
In addition:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/aafc-lci112917.php
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Joachim
African-American smokers are aware of the relationship between smoking and lung cancer and are interested in smoking-cessation treatment. These data also indicate that lung cancer disparities are unlikely to be associated with differential willingness to receive care but that African Americans may perceive financial and insurance barriers to lung cancer treatment .
see this link Article Perspectives of African Americans on Lung Cancer: A Qualitat...
I think that these data are distorted by the difficulty of African Americans in accessing valid insurance.
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