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Regional and racial variations in the utilization of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography among pancreatic cancer patients in the United States.

Anna TavakkoliAmit G SingalAkbar K WaljeeJames M ScheimanCaitlin C MurphySandi L PruittLei XuanRichard S KwonRyan J LawGrace H EltaPhyllis Wright-SlaughterThomas S ValleyNisa KubiliunHari NathanJoel H RubensteinB Joseph Elmunzer
Published in: Cancer medicine (2019)
Racial/ethnic and geographic disparities in access to biliary interventions including ERCP exist for patients with pancreatic cancer in the United States. Our results highlight the need for further research and policies to improve access to appropriate biliary intervention for all patients.
Keyphrases
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