Palliative care utilization and racial and ethnic disparities among women with de novo metastatic breast cancer in the United States.
Fantine GiapSung Jun MaOluwadamilola T OladeruYoung-Rock HongBrian YuRaymond B Mailhot VegaEric D BrooksAnurag K SinghPaul G OkunieffNancy P MendenhallJulie A BradleyPublished in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2023)
Fewer than 25% of women with MBC received palliative care between 2010 and 2017. While palliative care has significantly increased for all racial/ethnic groups, Hispanic White, Black, and Asian/Pacific Islander women with MBC still receive significantly less palliative care than non-Hispanic White women. Further research is needed to identify the socioeconomic and cultural barriers to palliative care utilization.