Racial disparities in cancer-related survival in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus in the US between 1973 and 2013.

Black patients with esophageal SCC were found to have a higher hazard of death compared to white and API patients. Survival disparities between races appear to have decreased over time. Future research that takes insurance status and other social determinants of health into account should be conducted to further explore possible disparities by race.