Executive summary At the end of 2019, the first reports of a new respiratory virus appeared
in China. The subsequent COVID-19 pandemic has affected every person, in every country …

Abstract In the United States, African American/black individuals bear a disproportionate
share of the cancer burden, having the highest death rate and the lowest survival rate of any …

Survival analysis is a challenging variation of regression modeling because of the presence
of censoring, where the outcome measurement is only partially known, due to, for example …

Sizeable disparities exist in breast cancer outcomes, both between Black and White patients
in the United States, and between patients in the United States and other high-income …

In the current development and deployment of many artificial intelligence (AI) systems in
healthcare, algorithm fairness is a challenging problem in delivering equitable care. Recent …

Background Breast cancer mortality is higher for Black and younger women. This study
evaluated 2 possible contributors to disparities—time to treatment and treatment duration …

PURPOSE: Aggregation of Asian Americans (AAs) with Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific
Islanders (NHPIs) masks significant health disparities. We evaluated overall survival (OS) …

Background Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act extends eligibility for
participating states and has been associated with improved outcomes by facilitating access …

Background Racial disparities in breast cancer mortality have been reported.
Mammographic technology has undergone two major technology transitions since 2000 …

Background After controlling for baseline disease factors, researchers have found that black
women have worse breast cancer survival, and this suggests that treatment differences may …