Health care disparities among octogenarians and nonagenarians with stage III lung cancer.

Richard J CassidyXinyan ZhangJeffrey M SwitchenkoPretesh R PatelJoseph W SheltonSibo TianRonica H NandaConor E SteuerRathi N PillaiTaofeek K OwonikokoSuresh R RamalingamFelix G FernandezSeth D ForceTheresa W GillespieWalter J CurranKristin A Higgins

Published in: Cancer (2018)

In this NCDB analysis, approximately 62.7% of patients aged ≥80 years with stage III NSCLC received no cancer-directed care. Black race and living in a lower educated census tract were associated with not receiving cancer-directed care. OS was found to be improved in patients receiving CRT. Cancer 2018;124:775-84. © 2018 American Cancer Society.

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