Abstract

Is ethnicity a prognostic factor in lung cancer? If so, it is due to differences in tumor genomic characterization, in response to treatment or some other factors? Do patients with different ethnic backgrounds experience different tolerability to therapy? How about culture factors, life style variants or environmental exposures that may pay a role in outcomes? The results from the Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium did not show significant differences in survival between Whites, African Americans, Asians, and Latinos with adenocarcinomas.

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