Palliative treatment disparities in metastatic colon cancer: US retrospective cohort study with disaggregated ethnic groups
Black, Southeast Asian or other Asian patients had decreased odds of receiving palliative treatment, while NHPI patients had greater odds of receiving palliative treatment, compared with White patients. Further studies are needed to disaggregate reasons behind these disparities in the receipt of palliative treatment.
Authors
- Sruthi Ranganathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0684-4263)
- Bhav Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2648-4894)
- Paul Linh Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4268-3973)
- Tej A. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0882-2960)
- Nishwant Swami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3825-8678)
- Urvish Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0012-1991)
- Khushi Kohli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5729)
- Alessandro Hammond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2681-614X)
- Kenrick Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9132-4075)
- Edward Christopher Dee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6119-0889)
- Erin Jay G. Feliciano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4156-7711)
Institutions
- St Bartholomew's Hospital (GB)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Harvard University Press (US)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
- Elmhurst Hospital Center (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2025-005478
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88