PromotinG Lung Cancer screenIng Awareness and Implementation in Hispanics/Latinx Head and Neck canceR Survivors

Description

The purpose of this study is to assess the awareness of eligibility of lung cancer screening in Hispanic/LatinX Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) survivors using a survey questionnaire; and to understand the barriers to screening using qualitative interviews.

Conditions

Head and Neck Cancer

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Study overview

The purpose of this study is to assess the awareness of eligibility of lung cancer screening in Hispanic/LatinX Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) survivors using a survey questionnaire; and to understand the barriers to screening using qualitative interviews.

GUIAR: PromotinG Lung Cancer screenIng Awareness and Implementation in Hispanics/Latinx Head and Neck canceR Survivors

PromotinG Lung Cancer screenIng Awareness and Implementation in Hispanics/Latinx Head and Neck canceR Survivors

Condition
Head and Neck Cancer
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Miami

University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States, 33136

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Participants must be able to understand, and sign informed consent form.
  • * Age ≥ 18 years.
  • * Participants must self-identify as Hispanic/LatinX.
  • * Individuals must be head and neck cancer survivors (treated locally with surgery, radiation alone, or definitive chemoradiation ≥ 5 years earlier and have no signs/symptoms to suggest recurrence of disease).
  • * Subjects that meet lung cancer (LC) screening eligibility according to United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF21) and/or National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). For patients with a history of head and neck cancers, the NCCN recommends annual screening with low dose computerized tomography (LDCT) in those who have had a history of 20 pack years of smoking or more. USPSTF21 LC screening eligibility includes adults ages 50-80 that are current smoker or former smokers that quit within 15 years and have a 20 pack-year history or more of smoking.
  • * Individuals with pre-established diagnosis of lung cancer.
  • * Participants with current diagnosis of any active malignancy.
  • * Subjects that had undergone lung imaging within previous 3 years.
  • * Pregnant or nursing mothers.
  • * Individuals that received head and neck related treatment less than 5 years before screening.
  • * Individuals with \< 20 pack year history of smoking.
  • * Subjects with previous history of distant metastatic head and neck cancer.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 80 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Miami,

Coral Olazagasti, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Miami

Study Record Dates

2026-04-30