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
- healthcare
- small cell lung cancer
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- palliative care
- type diabetes
- squamous cell carcinoma
- radiation therapy
- insulin resistance
- lymph node
- chronic pain
- preterm infants
- glycemic control
- patient reported outcomes
- health insurance
- rectal cancer
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy