Open AccessHispanics/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) - medicine , hazard ratio , lung cancer , demography , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , epidemiology , cohort , population , socioeconomic status , cancer registry , ethnic group , cancer , cohort study , gerontology , environmental health , sociology , anthropology
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.