Patterns of evidence-based care for the diagnosis, staging, and first-line treatment of breast cancer by race-ethnicity: a SEER-Medicare study.
Emma L HerbachSarah H NashIngrid M LizarragaRyan M CarnahanKai WangAmy C OgilvieMichaela CurranMary E CharltonPublished in: Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology (2023)
Efforts to improve delivery of guideline-concordant treatment and mitigate racial-ethnic disparities in healthcare and survival should include procedures performed as part of the diagnosis, clinical workup, and staging processes.