Importance of emergency department in diagnosis and management of lung cancer: Are we accounting for all critical factors?

To further enrich the author's findings on early detection and management of lung cancer, we suggest analysis based on factors including patients' income and health literacy. The reduction of unnecessary medical examinations is currently a topic of discussion, and information on the potential overdiagnosis of benign conditions would be instrumental in striking a necessary balance. Tomonari Shimoda: Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing.Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.Acknowledgment None.