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SUBMITTER: Zhu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7767044 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhu Yaqian Y McKeon Thomas P TP Tam Vicky V Vachani Anil A Penning Trevor M TM Hwang Wei-Ting WT
International journal of environmental research and public health 20201218 24
This study investigated the geographic variation and the clustering of lung cancer incidence rates in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas using addresses at the time of diagnosis. Using 60,844 cases from Pennsylvania Cancer Registry, we calculated and mapped the age-adjusted incidence rates for five Pennsylvania (PA) counties near Philadelphia between 1998-2007 and 2008-2017. We identified ZIP codes with significantly higher incidence rates than the state rates and examined their demographic ...[more]