Effectiveness of Health Communication Intervention to Improve Knowledge on Timeliness to Return for Annual Lung Cancer Screening: The Larch Trial

Karen J. Wernli, PhD, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss her research into additional health communication to improve patient knowledge of lung cancer screening timeliness. 

DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.07.4111

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Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01CA262015. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.