Research Article
Frequency of Surgery in Black Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Table 3
Receipt of surgery by stage among blacks and whites (
).
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Summary stage | Whites | Blacks | | Surgery performed | Surgery performed | No
(%) | Yes
(%) | No
(%) | Yes
(%) |
| | Localized | 992 (68.5) | 457 (31.5) | 53 (70.7) | 22 (29.3) | | Regional | 1346 (62.4) | 809 (37.5) | 61 (67.0) | 30 (33.0) | | Distant | 6002 (78.6) | 1637 (21.4) | 382 (84.9) | 68 (15.1) | | Unknown | 1619 (89.8) | 184 (10.2) | 67 (93.0) | 5 (7.0) |
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