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Article: Study examines racial disparities in survival among patients diagnosed with lung cancer.
- Article from:
- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- February 4, 2009
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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 (see also JAMA and Archives Journals).
Lung cancer causes more deaths in the United States than any other cancer, according to background information in the article. Pulmonary resectionuor surgery to remove a portion of the lunguprovides 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 ...