Prognostic factors in relation to racial disparity in advanced colorectal cancer survival

K Wallace, KR Sterba, E Gore, DN Lewin… - Clinical colorectal …, 2013 - Elsevier
Introduction Colorectal cancer mortality rates are significantly greater in AA than in EA
individuals, and the disparity is worsening. We investigated the relationship between race …

Colon Cancer Survival Among South Asian Americans: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a National Dataset

KS Ahmed, CT Marcinak, NK LoConte… - Journal of Surgical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Colon cancer (CC) is one of the most common cancers among South Asian
Americans (SAAs). The objective of this study was to measure differences in risk-adjusted …

Genome-wide association studies of chemotherapeutic toxicities: genomics of inequality

B Mapes, O El Charif, S Al-Sawwaf, ME Dolan - Clinical Cancer Research, 2017 - AACR
With an estimated global population of cancer survivors exceeding 32 million and growing,
there is a heightened awareness of the long-term toxicities resulting from cancer treatments …

Race, income, and survival in stage III colon cancer: CALGB 89803 (Alliance)

S Lee, S Zhang, C Ma, FS Ou, EG Wolfe… - JNCI cancer …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Disparities in colon cancer outcomes have been reported across race and
socioeconomic status, which may reflect, in part, access to care. We sought to assess the …

Genetic and ethnic modulation of cardiovascular toxicity of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors

YC Chen, CC Chung, YK Lin, YJ Chen - Annals of Medicine, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors, including monoclonal antibodies and
tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), are important as anticancer treatments through curbing …

Place of residence and primary treatment of prostate cancer: examining trends in rural and nonrural areas in Wisconsin

JP Cetnar, JM Hampton, AA Williamson, T Downs… - Urology, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether rural residents were at a disadvantage compared with
urban residents with regard to the receipt of curative therapy for prostate cancer …

Racial differences in survival and response to therapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: A secondary analysis of CALGB/SWOG 80405 (Alliance A151931)

RA Snyder, J He, J Le‐Rademacher, FS Ou… - Cancer, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between self‐
identified race and overall survival (OS), progression‐free survival (PFS), and response to …

Recent trends and overall survival of young versus older adults with stage II to III rectal cancer treated with and without surgery in the United States, 2010-2015

NN Sanford, EC Dee, C Ahn, SA Kazmi… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: The omission of surgery via nonoperative management (NOM) for rectal cancer
may be increasing, and this strategy could be particularly attractive for younger patients …

Achieving health equity in colorectal cancer: a call to action

BN Polite - 2013 - ascopubs.org
Whether defined by race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status, there are clear health
disparities in colon cancer—disparities that exist whether you measure screening …

Racial disparity in survival of patients diagnosed with early-onset colorectal cancer

K Wallace, H Li, CM Paulos, DN Lewin… - Colorectal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Survival is reduced in African–Americans (AAs) diagnosed with colorectal
cancer (CRC), especially in those< 50 years old, when compared with Caucasian …