Table 5 Treatment received within one year following diagnosis by 170 Aboriginal people with non-small cell lung cancer in NSW 2000–2010
Surgerya +/− radiotherapy/chemotherapy | Potentially curative radiotherapy/chemotherapy | Palliative radiotherapy/chemotherapy | No treatment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spread of disease | N | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) |
Non-metastatic | 94 | 34 (36) | 13 (14) | 26 (28) | 21 (22) |
Metastatic | 71 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 51 (72) | 18 (25) |
Unknown spread | 5 | - | - | - | 5 (100) |
Total | 170 | 35 (21) | 14 (8) | 77 (45) | 44 (26) |