Patterns of care and outcomes in immigrants with non-small cell lung cancer. A population-based study (Sweden).
Linda WillénAnders BerglundStefan BergströmJohan IsaksonMichael BergqvistGunnar WageniusMats LambePublished in: PloS one (2022)
Taken together, only minor differences in management and outcomes were observed between Swedish-born and immigrant patients. We conclude that lung cancer care is offered on equal terms. If anything, outcomes were better in Non-Nordic immigrants with early stage NSCLC.
Keyphrases
- early stage
- end stage renal disease
- small cell lung cancer
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- palliative care
- squamous cell carcinoma
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- insulin resistance
- chronic pain
- pain management
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- tyrosine kinase
- patient reported