Clinician-Patient Communication in Lung Cancer Care

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with confirmed lung cancer diagnosis or mass suspicious of lung cancer as per
clinician report and/or EMR

- Lung cancer diagnosis or suspicious mass as per clinician report/EMR within 0-6 months
of consent or within no more than three visits to participating clinician

- Participating clinician approves his/her patient's participation in this study per
clinician report.

- Former (at least 100 cigarettes in lifetime and quit more than 30 days prior to
enrollment) or current smoker (lifetime smoker who reports cigarette smoking within
the past 30 days) as per self report or EMR;

- English fluency (determined through EMR or clinician report), as we do not have the
resources to translate the consultations from other languages or the surveys to other
languages;

- Patients must be 18 years old or older

Clinician Inclusion Criteria:

- An MSK attending physician (radiologists, medical oncologists, and surgeons), Nurse
Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), Fellow, Resident or Clinical Nurse
Specialist (CNS) or Clinical Nurse (RN) who is a member of the Thoracic Disease
Management Team or Pulmonary Service currently treating thoracic patients at MSK as
per self report

- Clinical has individual clinic consultations to discuss adult health assessment and/or
smoking history with the target patient population: English-speaking, at least 18
years of age, has a suspicious lung mass or confirmed diagnosis, is a former/current
smoker, has had no more than 3 visits with clinician or had diagnosis in past 6 months
as per self-report.

Exclusion Criteria:

Clinician Exclusion Criteria