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Taking on racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care
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Taking on racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care
Risk is stratified in cancer patients. Based on decades of data available on cancer patients, we oncology practitioners can provide a clinical and actuarial assessment of a patient’s risk of complications, relapse, or death from cancer or cancer treatment. This capability to learn from the experience has enhanced our ability to predict outcome and to mitigate the likelihood of negative outcomes in cancer patients. We have developed a clearer understanding of how age, stage, performance status, ethnicity, availability of insurance, and tumor and treatment characteristics might influence patient outcomes. This experience and the remarkable technology available to us have provided us with abundant insight into many aspects of cancer treatment. Tough more work remains, we have already come so far…
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The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology - 12(4)
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Minority Cancer Awareness Month, minority cancer patients
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Risk is stratified in cancer patients. Based on decades of data available on cancer patients, we oncology practitioners can provide a clinical and actuarial assessment of a patient’s risk of complications, relapse, or death from cancer or cancer treatment. This capability to learn from the experience has enhanced our ability to predict outcome and to mitigate the likelihood of negative outcomes in cancer patients. We have developed a clearer understanding of how age, stage, performance status, ethnicity, availability of insurance, and tumor and treatment characteristics might influence patient outcomes. This experience and the remarkable technology available to us have provided us with abundant insight into many aspects of cancer treatment. Tough more work remains, we have already come so far…
Click on the PDF icon at the top of this introduction to read the full article.
Risk is stratified in cancer patients. Based on decades of data available on cancer patients, we oncology practitioners can provide a clinical and actuarial assessment of a patient’s risk of complications, relapse, or death from cancer or cancer treatment. This capability to learn from the experience has enhanced our ability to predict outcome and to mitigate the likelihood of negative outcomes in cancer patients. We have developed a clearer understanding of how age, stage, performance status, ethnicity, availability of insurance, and tumor and treatment characteristics might influence patient outcomes. This experience and the remarkable technology available to us have provided us with abundant insight into many aspects of cancer treatment. Tough more work remains, we have already come so far…
Click on the PDF icon at the top of this introduction to read the full article.
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The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology - 12(4)
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The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology - 12(4)
Page Number
111-112
Page Number
111-112
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Taking on racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care
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Taking on racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care
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Minority Cancer Awareness Month, minority cancer patients
Legacy Keywords
Minority Cancer Awareness Month, minority cancer patients
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