Disparity in Lung Cancer Screening Among Smokers and Nonsmokers in China: Prospective Cohort Study

Le Wang   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Youqing Wang   ^{1, 2 *} , MS ;   Fei Wang   ^{3, 4 *} , PhD ;   Yumeng Gao   ⁵ , BMed ;   Zhimei Fang   ⁶ ;   Weiwei Gong   ⁷ , MS ;   Huizhang Li   ¹ , MS ;   Chen Zhu   ¹ , MS ;   Yaoyao Chen   ¹ , BMed ;   Lei Shi   ⁸ , MD ;   Lingbin Du   ^{1, 2} , MPH ;   Ni Li   ^{3, 4} , PhD

¹ Department of Cancer Prevention, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China

² Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Diagnosis & Treatment Technology on Thoracic Oncology (Lung and Esophagus), Hangzhou, China

³ Office of Cancer Screening, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

⁴ Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Key Laboratory for National Cancer Big Data Analysis and Implement, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

⁵ Hwa Mei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, China

⁶ Kecheng District People's Hospital of Quzhou, Quzhou, China

⁷ Zhejiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China

⁸ Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China

*these authors contributed equally