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lung cancer lc common cause cancerrelated deaths worldwide lung cancer often diagnosed advanced stages understanding local populations awareness levels crucial designing effective preventive strategies identifying gaps knowledge research aims inform targeted health education efforts optimize resource allocation influence policy development contribute limited body research lung cancer awareness region ultimately fostering improved public health outcomes crosssectional observational study conducted jazan region saudi arabia july 2022 june 2023 671 participants 18 years old encompassing genders gsurveyed data collected questionnaire covering sociodemographic characteristics lcrelated awareness spss 23 used analysis factors associated knowledge scores explored using independent ttests anova tukey posthoc test identifying specific group differences study included 671 participants participants 18 35 years 735 385 males 615 females lung cancer lc awareness high 951 49 reporting family history knowledge assessment revealed mean score 1466 416 low 495 moderate 89 high knowledge levels correct responses notable recognizing lc common cancer leading cause death associating smoking shisha risk symptoms well identified screening awareness 635 788 willing undergo tests risk age marital status occupation associated knowledge factors like gender nationality residency education income smoking status showed significant associations findings indicate knowledge gaps related lc screening jazan region saudi arabia effective awareness programs targeting specific sociodemographic groups needed improve early detection outcomes