Disparity in Timely Breast Cancer Treatment: Concordance with Commission on Cancer Quality Measures and the Influence of Socioeconomic Factors in the National Cancer Database
Significant disparities in guideline-concordant breast cancer care persist by race, insurance, education, and facility-level social risk, highlighting intervention opportunities to improve outcomes for these already vulnerable populations. These findings highlight the importance of policy and institutional strategies that address both patient- and facility-level barriers to ensure equitable access to high-quality multidisciplinary treatment.
Authors
- M. Muska Nataliansyah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0197-5734)
- Rebecca A. Snyder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2485-2481)
- Judy C. Boughey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3820-3228)
- Yun Xing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0027-9497)
- Ingrid M. Lizarraga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9376-1746)
- Erin M. Mobley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6278-6593)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/xcs.0000000000001649
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00