Impact of race on outcomes of patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 711-715

  Bryant, Ayesha S ^a   Cerfolio, Robert James ^a  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM DERIVATIVE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; ETHNOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 50349087070     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31817c60c7     Document Type: Article

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