Original Article

Access to Care and Stage at Diagnosis for Patients With Lung Cancer and Esophageal Cancer: Analysis of the Savannah River Region Information System Cancer Registry Data

Authors: MARC D. SILVERSTEIN, MD, PAUL J. NIETERT, PhD, Y E XIAOBU, MS, DANIEL T. LACKLAND, DrPH

Abstract

Background. Disparities have been observed in both the incidences of lung and esophageal cancers and the survival of those patients. Our goals were to determine if race was associated with stage of cancer at diagnosis, and to identify predictors of advanced-stage lung and esophageal cancers.

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