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Preventing Chronic Disease | Native American Race, Use of the Indian Health Service, and Breast and Lung Cancer Survival in Florida, 1996-2007 - CDC

CDC  indians  survival  Native Americans  Preventing Chronic Disease  PCD  health care disparities  breast neoplasms  lung diseases  Indian Health Service 

We evaluated associations of race, primary payer at diagnosis, and survival among patients diagnosed in Florida with lung cancer (n = 148,140) and breast cancer (n = 111,795), from 1996 through 2007. In multivariate models adjusted for comorbidities, tumor characteristics, and treatment factors, breast cancer survival was worse for Native American women than for white women (hazard ratio [HR], 1.52; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.05–2.20) and for women using the Indian Health Service than for women using private insurance (HR, 1.71; 95% CI, 1.33–2.19). No survival association was found for Native American compared with white lung cancer patients or those using the Indian Health Service versus private insurance in fully adjusted models. Additional resources are needed to improve surveillance strategies and to reduce cancer burden in these populations.

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