EQUAL: EGFR ctDNA QUantative Assessment for Lung Cancer Screening in Asian and Latinx Populations
This research study is studying a new blood test to screen for Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) positive lung cancer in healthy individuals at risk for the disease and who cannot undergo regular lung cancer screening. The name of the test used in this research study is: -Circulating free DNA (cfDNA) Assay
• Non-tobacco using (currently)
• Self-identify as East Asian (including Southeast Asian) or Hispanic/Latinx.
• East Asian includes those who self-identify as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, Malaysian
• Southeast Asian includes those who self-identify as Cambodian, Thai, Vietnamese, Filipino
• Latinx includes those who self-identify as a person of Central or South American and the Caribbean including, Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican culture or origin, excluding individuals originating from Spain
• Aims 1 and 2: Able to complete and understand the study's informed consent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish, Portuguese, or Cape Verdean
• Aim 3: Able to complete and understand the study's informed consent and participate in a focus group in English, Mandarin, Vietnamese, or Spanish.
• Non-tobacco using (currently)
• Self-identify as East Asian (including Southeast Asian) or Latinx, if any of the following criteria are met:
‣ Family history of EGFR positive LC L858R or exon 19
⁃ Personal history of remote cancer that is not LC or other thoracic malignancies, including thymoma, thymic carcinoma, or sarcoma, as long as it was resolved over 5 years ago
⁃ History of TB, asthma requiring daily inhaled corticosteroids or chronic bronchitis
⁃ Symptoms of lung cancer for the past month, including hemoptysis, unexplained weight loss, voice hoarseness, cough or worsening cough, dyspnea or worsening dyspnea
• Excluding individuals who concurrently present with fever, covid/influenza/RSV/adenovirus infection, runny nose, sore throat, productive cough with green or yellow sputum
• Aims 1 and 2: Able to complete and understand the study's informed consent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish, Portuguese, or Cape Verdean
• Aim 3: Able to complete and understand the study's informed consent and participate in a focus group in English, Mandarin, Vietnamese, or Spanish.