Study Examines Racial Disparities In Survival Among Patients Diagnosed With Lung Cancer
Disparities in survival among black patients diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer are not seen when patients are recommended appropriate treatment, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Lung cancer causes more deaths in the United States than any other cancer, according to background information in the article. Pulmonary resection or surgery to remove a portion of the lung provides the best chance for patients with early-stage disease to be cured. “Black patients with early-stage lung cancer have lower five-year survival rates than white patients, and this difference in outcome has been attributed to lower rates of resection among black patients,” the authors write. “Sever…
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Lung Cancer | admin July 25, 2010
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