Sex, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in patients with metastatic bone disease.
Muhammad Umar JawadBrad H PollockBarton L WiseLauren N ZeitlingerEdmond F O' DonnellJanai R Carr-AscherAmy M CizikBetty FerrellSteven W ThorpeR Lor RandallPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2021)
These findings suggest that there are multiple sex-related, racial/ethnic and SES disparities in the incidence of MBD from the 5 most common primary sites. Higher incidence seen among lower SES suggests delay in diagnosis and limited access to screening modalities.