2025
Mediators of Racial Inequities in Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Care
Hamid S, Lee D, Herrin J, Yu J, Pollack C, Dean L, Gaddy J, Oladele C, Feder S, Canavan M, Nunez-Smith M, Soulos P, Gross C. Mediators of Racial Inequities in Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Care. Cancer Medicine 2025, 14: e70757. PMID: 40052387, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.70757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancer carePhase of careSocioeconomic statusNon-small cell lung cancerIndividual-level socioeconomic statusNeighborhood-level socioeconomic statusMedicare-Medicaid dual eligibilityWhite patientsHealth care accessLung cancer careNon-Hispanic blacksIndirect effects of mediatorsDiagnosis stageStage-appropriate treatmentTwo-year survivalCancer careCare accessEffects of raceOptimal careDual eligiblesCareStructural racismRacial inequalityBlack patientsInadequate evaluation
2024
USPSTF Colorectal Cancer Screening Recommendation and Uptake for Individuals Aged 45 to 49 Years
Siddique S, Wang R, Yasin F, Gaddy J, Zhang L, Gross C, Ma X. USPSTF Colorectal Cancer Screening Recommendation and Uptake for Individuals Aged 45 to 49 Years. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2436358. PMID: 39361285, PMCID: PMC11450516, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUS Preventive Services Task ForceUS Preventive Services Task Force recommendationsColorectal cancer screening uptakeAverage-risk individualsScreening uptakeHigher socioeconomic statusSocioeconomic statusScreening recommendationsColorectal cancerColorectal cancer screening recommendationsPreventive Services Task ForceCohort studyCancer screening recommendationsScreening uptake ratesInterrupted time series analysisLow socioeconomic statusPrivate insurance beneficiariesScreening ratesSocioeconomic disparitiesRetrospective cohort studyMain OutcomesPotential disparitiesEvaluate changesClaims dataAbsolute change
2023
Race, geography, and risk of breast cancer treatment delays: A population‐based study 2004–2015
Reeder‐Hayes K, Jackson B, Baggett C, Kuo T, Gaddy J, LeBlanc M, Bell E, Green L, Wheeler S. Race, geography, and risk of breast cancer treatment delays: A population‐based study 2004–2015. Cancer 2023, 129: 925-933. PMID: 36683417, PMCID: PMC11578059, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34573.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer treatment delaysTreatment delayMagnitude of racial disparitiesNon-Black patientsStage I-III breast cancerI-III breast cancerPoor-quality carePopulation health resourcesRisk of treatment delayBlack patientsBreast cancer survivalCancer treatment delayPopulation-based studyDiagnosis to first treatmentAssociated with riskBreast cancerCancer RegistryObservational cohort of patientsTreatment delay >Health resourcesPopulation-basedPoisson regressionCancer survivalSociodemographic dataRacial disparities
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