COSA Symposium Abstract - Issues and considerations for a lung cancer screening program for and with Victorian Aboriginal communities
In 2020, over 13,000 Australians are expected to be diagnosed with lung cancer and the number of new cases of lung cancer being diagnosed is continuing to increase year by year. Unlike other Australians, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, lung cancer is both the most frequent cancer diagnosis and the leading cause of cancer death, both occurring at a younger age. Aboriginal Victorians are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with cancers of the lung.