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Disparities in surgical treatment of early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer.

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: This study involved 1,564 black or white patients diagnosed in 1992 to 1997 with non-small-cell lung cancer, reported to the population-based Connecticut Tumor Registry, who were linked with a statewide hospital discharge database that provided information on comorbid conditions. While only 11.4 percent of patients did not receive surgical treatment (lung resection), this proportion increased with rising age and was higher among patients who resided in a census tract in the highest poverty-rate quintile, were black, not married and had one or more selected comorbid conditions. These associations persisted in logistic regression models that included all of the variables as predictors of surgery. Studies are needed to explain these disparities.

Source: PubMed Central

Author: A P Polednak

Institution: Connecticut Department of Public Health

Language: English

Topic: Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institutes of Health

Award: SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGY &END RESULTS PROGRAM