Commentary: It's time to check our bias: Ensuring health equity for patients with lung cancer Pamela Samson, MD, MPHS The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular.

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Commentary: It's time to check our bias: Ensuring health equity for patients with lung cancer Pamela Samson, MD, MPHS The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 157, Issue 4, Pages 1680-1681 (April 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.12.058 Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Illustration of how equity promotes similar outcomes (ie, seeing the game) versus equality. Reprinted with permission from Dr Paul Kuttner.3 The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 1680-1681DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.12.058) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Illustration of how equity promotes similar outcomes (ie, seeing the game) versus equality. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 1680-1681DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.12.058) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions