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Racial Disparity And Social Determinants In Receiving Timely Surgery Among Stage I–Iiia Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients In A U.S. Southern State, Paige Neroda, Mei Chin Hsieh, Xiao Cheng Wu, Kathleen B. Cartmell, Rachel Mayo, Jiande Wu, Chindo Hicks, Lu Zhang
Racial Disparity And Social Determinants In Receiving Timely Surgery Among Stage I–Iiia Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients In A U.S. Southern State, Paige Neroda, Mei Chin Hsieh, Xiao Cheng Wu, Kathleen B. Cartmell, Rachel Mayo, Jiande Wu, Chindo Hicks, Lu Zhang
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Delayed surgery is associated with worse lung cancer outcomes. Social determinants can influence health disparities. This study aimed to examine the potential racial disparity and the effects from social determinants on receipt of timely surgery among lung cancer patients in Louisiana, a southern state in the U.S. White and black stage I–IIIA non-small cell lung cancer patients diagnosed in Louisiana between 2004 and 2016, receiving surgical lobectomy or a more extensive surgery, were selected. Diagnosis-to-surgery interval >6 weeks were considered as delayed surgery. Social determinants included marital status, insurance, census tract level poverty, and census tract level urbanicity. Multivariable logistic …