Appropriateness of Surgical Approach in Black Patients with Lung Cancer—15 Years Later, Little Has Changed

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 573-577

  Taioli, Emanuela ^a   Flores, Raja ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Limited resection; Lobectomy; Lymph node resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; ICD-O-3; LOBECTOMY; LOCAL EXCISION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRAM APPROPRIATENESS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; CANCER REGISTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85015277011     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.08.119     Document Type: Article

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