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- Title
Disparities Between Blacks and Whites in Tobacco and Lung Cancer Treatment.
- Authors
Park, Elyse R.; Japuntich, Sandra J.; Traeger, Lara; Cannon, Sheila; Pajolek, Hannah
- Abstract
Racial disparities exist in lung cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality. Smoking is responsible for the majority of lung cancers, and racial disparities also exist in smoking outcomes. Black smokers are less likely than white smokers to engage in evidence-based tobacco treatment, and black smokers are less likely than white smokers to stop smoking. Continued smoking following a lung cancer diagnosis is a potential indicator of poor lung cancer treatment outcomes, yet lung cancer patients who smoke are unlikely to receive evidence-based tobacco treatment. The risks from continued smoking after diagnosis deserve attention as a modifiable factor toward lessening racial disparities in lung cancer outcomes.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of lung tumors; BLACK people; CANCER patients; MENTAL depression; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; LUNG tumors; HEALTH outcome assessment; RACE; SMOKING; SOCIAL stigma; WHITE people; TREATMENT effectiveness; DISEASE incidence
- Publication
Oncologist, 2011, Vol 16, Issue 10, p1428
- ISSN
1083-7159
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0114