TY - JOUR AU - Chatwin, John AU - Povey, Andrew AU - Kennedy, Anne AU - Frank, Tim AU - Firth, Adam AU - Booton, Richard AU - Barber, Phil AU - Sanders, Caroline PY - 2014 DA - 2014/10/07 TI - The mediation of social influences on smoking cessation and awareness of the early signs of lung cancer JO - BMC Public Health SP - 1043 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Whilst there has been no clear consensus on the potential for earlier diagnosis of lung cancer, recent research has suggested that the time between symptom onset and consultation can be long enough to plausibly affect prognosis. In this article, we present findings from a qualitative study involving in-depth interviews with patients who had been diagnosed with lung cancer (nā€‰=ā€‰11), and people who were at heightened risk of developing the disease (nā€‰=ā€‰14). SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1043 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1043 ID - Chatwin2014 ER -