Patterns of racial/ethnic disparities in baseline health-related quality of life and relationship with overall survival in patients with colorectal cancer.

Alem A BelachewMonica E ReyesYuanqing YeGottumukkala S RajuM Alma RodriguezXifeng WuMichelle A T Hildebrandt

Published in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2020)

These findings suggest that racial/ethnic disparities in CRC survival may be related to differences in HR-QoL. Identified mediators of HR-QoL could supplement current CRC management strategies to improve patients' survival.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
free survival
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
affordable care act
health insurance