Racial disparities in the use of SBRT for treating early-stage lung cancer

Lung Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 133-138

  Corso, Christopher D ^a   Park, Henry S ^a   Kim, Anthony W ^a   Yu, James B ^a   Husain, Zain ^a   Decker, Roy H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; NSCLC; Racial disparities; SBRT; Stereotactic body radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937641593     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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