Underuse of Surgical Resection for Localized, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Among Whites and African Americans in South Carolina

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 220-227

  Esnaola, Nestor F ^a,c   Gebregziabher, Mulugeta ^b   Knott, Kelly ^b   Finney, Chris ^d   Silvestri, Gerard A ^a   Reed, Carolyn E ^a   Ford, Marvella E ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Office of Research and Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 47049085554     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.072     Document Type: Article

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