Surgery
Race-specific prostate cancer outcomes in a cohort of military health care beneficiaries undergoing surgery: 1990-2017
Background:
There is substantial variability in prostate cancer (PCa) mortality rates across Caucasian American (CA), African Americ...
Head and Neck Cancer Among Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Patients—Disparities in Cancer Stage at Presentation and Survival Outcomes Co...
Key Points
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Are there disparities in clinical presentation or survival outcomes among patients with head and neck squamous cell c...
Surgery Refusal Among Black and Hispanic Women with Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer
Background:
Studies have shown a lower receipt of treatment among minority women with non-metastatic breast cancer. Those who refuse...
Occult hypoxemia during surgery more common in Black and Hispanic patients
By Reuters Staff
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study provides more
evidence of racial bias in pulse-oximetry results, with Black
an...
Race/Ethnicity and Insurance's Impact on Delays to Kidney Stone Surgery Scheduling
This article was originally published here
Urology. 2022 Apr 22:S0090-4295(22)00315-6. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2022.01.070. Online ahead of print.
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Bariatric Surgery and Cardiovascular Outcomes: What Can We Learn From More Representative Cohorts?
Editorial
. 2022 Apr 19;79(15):1438-1440.
doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.01.048.
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