A qualitative study of MSKCC lung cancer patients of Hispanic/Latino descent by collecting retrospective patient narratives to understand the processes that led them to seek medical help when they did, their experiences in seeking and receiving medical guidance, as well as their decisions regarding lung cancer treatment. In addition, we will explore how these patients' representations of lung cancer with its associated risk factors and symptoms affected their treatment decisions.

Use semi-structured interview methods to gather narrative data from research participants, as more open-ended interviews allow participants to share information that is most relevant to their own experiences (Patton, 2002; Rubin & Rubin, 2005; Kvale, 1996). Semi-structured interviewing can generate a rich understanding of a participant's life routines, experiences, and attitudes related to a topic of inquiry, and can yield a nuanced and thorough description of a research participant's life story and belief systems.

related to lung cancer symptom recognition, delays in lung cancer diagnosis of Hispanic/Latino patients and treatment decision-making processes.

related to lung cancer symptom recognition, delays in lung cancer diagnosis of Hispanic/Latino patients and treatment decision-making processes.

that have been overcome by Hispanic/Latino lung cancer patients who have succeeded in obtaining access to care at an NCI-designated cancer center, and probe for barriers that these individuals believe still need to be addressed or that they were not successful in surpassing.