Racial disparity in curative treatment and survival from solid-organ cancers
Kamarajah, S K Sylla, P Markar, S R
Kamarajah, S K
Sylla, P
Markar, S R
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University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust; Newcastle University Trust Hospitals; University of Birmingham; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Imperial College London; Karolinska Institutet
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2021-04-06
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Race is an important prognostic factor affecting receipt of surgical intervention and survival from cancer in the USA. The findings of this study highlight the importance of implementing changes aimed at narrowing the disparities in outcomes between race in patients with cancers.
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Kamarajah SK, Sylla P, Markar SR. Racial disparity in curative treatment and survival from solid-organ cancers. Br J Surg. 2021 Sep 27;108(9):1017-1021. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab089.
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