Impact of Race on Outcomes of Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

摘要: Objective Examination of factors that may contribute to racial disparity among those with lung cancer has been thwarted by heterogeneous treatment and staging strategies, limited national registry socioeconomic follow-up data. This study examines a decades worth data better elucidate these in cohort staged or treated using homogeneous algorithms. Methods A nested case-control patients non-small cell (NSCLC). White were matched 4:1 African American on age, gender, comorbidities, performance status, stage. All underwent clinical pathologic one physician similar staged-based Socioeconomic status was assessed annual income per capita, insurance education level. The primary outcome survival rate. Results Among the 930 this series, Americans more likely be smokers (p Conclusions Given uniform staging, treatment, overall rates for NSLC are similar.