Recommended Citation
Mehta AJ, Stock S, Gray SW, Nerenz DR, Ayanian JZ, Keating NL. Factors contributing to disparities in mortality among patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. Cancer Med 2018; 7(11):5832-5842.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2018
Publication Title
Cancer Med
Abstract
Historically, non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who are non-white, have low incomes, low educational attainment, and non-private insurance have worse survival. We assessed whether differences in survival were attributable to sociodemographic factors, clinical characteristics at diagnosis, or treatments received. We surveyed a multiregional cohort of patients diagnosed with NSCLC from 2003 to 2005 and followed through 2012. We used Cox proportional hazard analyses to estimate the risk of death associated with race/ethnicity, annual income, educational attainment, and insurance status, unadjusted and sequentially adjusting for sociodemographic factors, clinical characteristics, and receipt of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Of 3250 patients, 64% were white, 16% black, 7% Hispanic, and 7% Asian; 36% of patients had incomes
PubMed ID
30264921
Volume
7
Issue
11
First Page
5832
Last Page
5842
