Racial Disparities in Treatment for Rectal Cancer at Minority-Serving Hospitals.
Pamela W LuRebecca E ScullyAdam C FieldsVanessa M WeltenStuart R LipsitzQuoc-Dien TrinhAdil HaiderJoel S WeissmanKaren M FreundNelya MelnitchoukPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2020)
Treatment at MSH institutions and Black race were associated with significantly decreased odds of receipt of recommended standard therapy for locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma. Survival was worse for Black patients compared to White patients despite adjustment for receipt of standard of care.