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Association of race and health care system with disease stage and survival in veterans with larynx cancer.

Rohith S VooraNikhil V KothaAbhishek KumarEdmund M QiaoAlexander S QianBharat Akhanda PanugantiMatthew P BanegasPhilip A WeissbrodTyler F StewartBrent S RoseF Christopher Holsinger
Published in: Cancer (2021)
Black patients with LSCC had a tumor burden at diagnosis and survival outcomes comparable to those of White patients within the VHA; this was counter to what was observed in the SEER analysis and prior national trends. This study's findings point toward the notable role of health care access in contributing to racial health disparities in the realm of larynx cancer.
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