Hispanics/Latinos in the Bronx Have Improved Survival in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Compared with Non-Hispanic Whites
Author(s) -
Madelyn Klugman,
Xiaonan Xue,
Mindy Ginsberg,
Haiying Cheng,
Thomas E. Rohan,
H. Dean Hosgood
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2197-3792
pISSN - 2196-8837
DOI - 10.1007/s40615-019-00660-2
Subject(s) - epidemiology , quality of life research , gerontology , lung cancer , demography , medicine , public health , oncology , pathology , sociology
Hispanics/Latinos are a growing yet understudied population in the United States (US). Despite lower socioeconomic status, Hispanics/Latinos tend to have similar or better health outcomes than Non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs). This phenomenon has not been conclusively studied for lung cancer.
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