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Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Tracking and feedback registry may reduce racial disparities in breast cancer care
December 11th, 2008
Alerting surgeons when their breast cancer patients did not attend a follow-up consultation with a medical oncologist was associated with a reduction in racial disparities in adjuvant therapy, according to a non-randomized study published in the November 25 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Black and Hispanic women with early stage breast cancer are less likely to consult a medical oncologist than their white counterparts. To reduce system failures in which the surgeon recommends a consultation and the patient does not refuse but still does not receive the consultation, Nina Bickell, M.D., of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-12-11)
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