Epidemiology of Early-onset Colorectal Cancer in a Safety-net Hospital System in Texas
Most patients were diagnosed with advanced-stage disease. NHB and Hispanic patients had a nonstatistically significant higher odds of presenting at advanced-stage CRC compared with NHW patients. System-wide quality improvement interventions may be needed to screen for eoCRC in safety-net hospital systems.
Authors
- Nathaniel J. Spezia-Lindner
- Valentine O. Millien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8891-7344)
- Milena Gould-Suarez
- Mohammad Bilal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1784-212X)
- Jane R. Montealegre
- Vinh Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6203-6682)
- Yan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3120-3011)
Institutions
- Houston Methodist (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2024-11-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mcg.0000000000002092
- Primary Topic
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00