Clinical Trial Deserts for Gastrointestinal Cancer in the United States
Approximately 40 million adults resided in GI cancer CT deserts in 2024. Underserved neighborhoods could benefit from telemedicine and expansion of clinical trial networks to community hospitals to improve CT access.
Authors
- Timothy M. Pawlik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4828-8096)
- Mujtaba Khalil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8461-2677)
- Selamawit Woldesenbet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5023-3561)
- Odysseas P Chatzipanagiotou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8377-0263)
- Razeen Thammachack
Institutions
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- National Health Insurance Fund (RS)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Surgery
- Published
- 2025-05-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000006746
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.13