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UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of SurgeryDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2010-05-08
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BACKGROUND: Health disparities in cancer care have been described and stem from a complex interplay of patient, provider, and instutional factors. METHODS: A review of the literature describing disparities in aspects of cancer care was performed. RESULTS: Disparities in outcomes including overall survival for minority populations have been demonstrated to exist for race, age, and socioeconomic status. CONCLUSION: Disparities in cancer care and outcomes clearly exist for many poorly understood reasons. After a diagnosis of cancer, barriers to care may develop at multiple points along the course of the patient's disease.Source
Surgery. 2010 May;147(5):733-7. Epub 2009 Dec 3. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1016/j.surg.2009.10.050Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/49677PubMed ID
19962161Related Resources
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10.1016/j.surg.2009.10.050