Synchronous Multiple Primary Cancers of the Lung: The Rare Association of Non-Small Cell Carcinoma With a Carcinoid Tumor.

A 68-year-old female patient diagnosed with lung cancer in the left upper lobe with associated mediastinal adenopathy. The cancer was pathologically diagnosed as stage pT1bN0 typical carcinoid. Investigation of the mediastinal lymph nodes revealed an isolated metastatic non-small cell squamous cell carcinoma (NSCLC).

Does access to screening through health maintenance organization membership translate into improved breast cancer outcomes for African American patients?

Objective: To investigate breast cancer outcomes in a group of African American and white patients offered the same access to mammography screening in a health maintenance organization located in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Methods: We used medical chart reviews and retrospective tumor tissue studies to investigate disparities in the mode of diagnosis and breast cancer outcomes among African American and white patients in a health maintenance organization.

Results: African American women were more likely to have detected their breast cancers accidentally and to have breast tumors larger than 2 cm than were whites.