Racial disparities in diabetes care among incident breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors: a SEER Medicare study.
Laura C PinheiroOrysya SorokaLisa M KernNoel HiggasonJohn P LeonardMonika M SaffordPublished in: Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice (2021)
Our findings are concerning given the high prevalence of diabetes and poor cancer outcomes among racial/ethnic minorities. The next step in this line of inquiry is to determine why minorities are less likely to receive comprehensive diabetes care in order to develop targeted strategies to increase receipt of appropriate diabetes management for these vulnerable populations.