Equity in Lung Cancer Care and Outcomes

S A Ibrahim^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. Said.Ibrahim2@va.gov.
² Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia VA Medical Center - ANNEX, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. Said.Ibrahim2@va.gov.

Editorial

S A Ibrahim. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Oct.

. 2015 Oct;30(10):1385-6.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-015-3346-y.

S A Ibrahim^{1

2}

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. Said.Ibrahim2@va.gov.
² Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia VA Medical Center - ANNEX, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. Said.Ibrahim2@va.gov.

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Comment on

Survival and Racial Differences of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the United States Military.
Brzezniak C, Satram-Hoang S, Goertz HP, Reyes C, Gunuganti A, Gallagher C, Carter CA. Brzezniak C, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Oct;30(10):1406-12. doi: 10.1007/s11606-015-3280-z. Epub 2015 Mar 25. J Gen Intern Med. 2015. PMID: 25805503 Free PMC article.

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