Racial disparities in staging, treatment, and mortality in non-small cell lung cancer

CONCLUSIONS: We found racial, gender, and socioeconomic disparities in NSCLC diagnosis stage, receipt of stage-appropriate treatment, and reasons for guideline discordance in receipt of curative intent surgery for early-stage NSCLC. While insurance type and marital status were associated with worse OS, race alone was not. This suggests racial differences in outcomes may not be associated with race alone, but rather worse SDOH disproportionately affecting Black individuals. Efforts to understand advanced diagnosis and reasons for failure to receive stage-appropriate treatment by vulnerable populations is needed to ensure equitable NSCLC care.PMID:38405005 | PMC:PMC10891396 | DOI:10.21037/tlcr-23-407
Source: Cell Research - Category: Cytology Authors: Source Type: research