Socioeconomic status, access to care, risk factor patterns, and stage at diagnosis for head and neck cancer among black and white patients.
Marc A EmersonDouglas R FarquharNicholas R LenzeSiddharth ShethAngela L MazulAdam M ZanationTrevor G HackmanMark C WeisslerJose P ZevallosWendell G YarbroughPaul BrennanBehnoush Abedi-ArdekaniAndrew F OlshanPublished in: Head & neck (2022)
Results suggest that SES, access to care, and behavioral risk factors combine to underly the association with advanced T-stage. Additionally, differences by race warrant further investigation.