The purpose of our study is to investigate the presenting characteristics of patients undergoing a definitive surgical procedure in nine different ethnic groups [White non-Hispanic (White), Black, White Hispanic (Hispanic), American Indian/Alaskan native (AI/AN), Chinese, Japanese, Other Asian, South Asian, and Other Race] and to assess prognosis and 90-day mortality for all surgical patients and for those presenting with early-stage, resectable tumors (ESR, <4 cm without involved nodes). The prognostic importance of race will be determined in a multivariate model that adjusts for known histopathologic and patient-related factors as well as income, marital status, and insurance.