Racial disparity in curative treatment and survival from solid-organ cancers

Author
Kamarajah, S K
Sylla, P
Markar, S R
Affiliation
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust; Newcastle University Trust Hospitals; University of Birmingham; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Imperial College London; Karolinska Institutet
Publication date
2021-04-06
Subject
Oncology. Pathology.
Sociology
Surgery

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Abstract
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.
Citation
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.
Type
Article
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14200/6345
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DOI
10.1093/bjs/znab089
PMID
33824985
Journal
British Journal of Surgery
Publisher
Oxford University Press
BJS Foundation
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