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BTOG 2025 | Socioeconomic disadvantages and equitable healthcare

Laura-Jane Smith, MBBChir, BA (Hons), FRCP(Resp), Dip(ClinEd), FHEA iBSLM, Kings College Hospital, London, UK, discusses the impact of lower index of multiple deprivation (IMD) on equitable healthcare. Patients with lung cancer who experience socioeconomic disadvantages and/or mental illnesses require additional and alternative support to achieve the same outcome as those without these adverse factors. This interview took place at the BTOG 2025 congress in Belfast, UK.

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