Association Between Declared Hurricane Disasters and Survival of Patients With Lung Cancer Undergoing Radiation Treatment

Leticia M Nogueira; Liora Sahar; Jason A Efstathiou; Ahmedin Jemal; K Robin Yabroff

doi:10.1001/jama.2019.7657

Association Between Declared Hurricane Disasters and Survival of Patients With Lung Cancer Undergoing Radiation Treatment

JAMA. 2019 Jul 16;322(3):269-271. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.7657.

Authors

Leticia M Nogueira¹, Liora Sahar², Jason A Efstathiou³, Ahmedin Jemal¹, K Robin Yabroff¹

Affiliations

¹ Surveillance and Health Services Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Statistics and Evaluation Center, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Abstract

This study uses National Cancer Database data to estimate associations between hurricane disaster declarations, which could disrupt electrical power, and survival of patients undergoing radiotherapy for nonoperative locally advanced non–small cell lung cancer between 2004 and 2014.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / mortality
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / radiotherapy*
Cyclonic Storms*
Disasters*
Female
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / mortality
Lung Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Male
Risk
Survival Analysis
United States / epidemiology