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Simpson's paradox - aggregating and partitioning populations in health disparities of lung cancer patients.
Statistical methods in medical research - 1 Dec 2015
Fu P, Panneerselvam A, Clifford B, Dowlati A, Ma P C, Zeng G, Halmos B, Leidner R S
Abstract excerpt
It is well known that non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a heterogeneous group of diseases. Previous studies have demonstrated genetic variation among different ethnic groups in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in NSCLC. Research by our group and others has recently shown a lower frequency of EGFR mutations in African Americans with NSCLC, as compared to their White counterparts. In this study, we...
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