Disentangling Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Treatment for Colorectal Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colorectal cancer is curable if diagnosed early and treated properly. Black and Hispanic patients with colorectal cancer are more likely to experience treatment delays and/or receive lower standards of care. Socioeconomic deprivation may contribute to these disparities, but this has not been extensively quantified. We studied the interrelationship between patient race/ethnicity and neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) on receipt of timely appropriate treatment among patients with colorectal cancer in California.

Methods

White, Black, and Hispanic patients (26,870) diagnosed with stage I-III colorectal cancer (2009-2013) in the California Cancer Registry were included. Logistic regression models were used to examine the association of race/ethnicity and nSES wi

SUBMITTER: Obrochta CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8338765 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature