Important prognostic factors for lung cancer in tobacco predominant Eastern North Carolina: Study based on a single cancer registry

Lung Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-120

  Biswas, Tithi ^a   Walker, Paul ^b   Podder, Tarun ^a   Rosenman, Julian ^c   Efird, Jimmy ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Disparity; Effects of insurance; Histology; Lung cancer; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; NORTH CAROLINA; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899482113     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2014.01.026     Document Type: Article

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