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SUBMITTER: Ritzwoller DP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3490021 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ritzwoller Debra P DP Carroll Nikki M NM Delate Thomas T Hornbrook Mark C MC Kushi Lawrence L Aiello Bowles Erin J EJ Freml Jared M JM Huang Karl K Loggers Elizabeth T ET
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 20120927 3
<h4>Background</h4>Relatively low rates of chemotherapy receipt have been observed in older patients diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in SEER-Medicare-based studies. However, little is known about variation in first-line NSCLC chemotherapy use in younger patients, health maintenance organization (HMO)-based settings, and for high-cost, novel agents, such as bevacizumab and erlotinib.<h4>Methods</h4>A cohort of 6614 stage IIIB/IV NSCLC patients aged ≥ 21 years diagnosed ...[more]