Socioeconomic position and surgery for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer: A population-based study in Denmark

Abstract: Aim: To examine possible associations between socioeconomic position and surgical treatment of patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Methods: In a register-based clinical cohort study, patients with early-stage (stages I–IIIa) NSCLC were identified in the Danish Lung Cancer Register 2001–2008 (date of diagnosis, histology, stage, and treatment), the Central...