2023
Awareness of racial/ethnic inequities in time to treatment among breast cancer providers.
Cohen I, Canavan M, Jacob A, Sondhi A, Silver H, Bramwell L, Lustberg M, Adelson K. Awareness of racial/ethnic inequities in time to treatment among breast cancer providers. JCO Oncology Practice 2023, 19: 584-584. DOI: 10.1200/op.2023.19.11_suppl.584.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast cancer providersCancer providersRace/ethnicityEthnic inequitiesTreatment inequitiesExact testSmilow Cancer HospitalYale Cancer CenterHospital-level factorsEducational interventionAdverse social determinantsFisher's exact testDe-identified databaseBrief educational interventionNon-Latinx WhitesPatient factorsWhite patientsProvider factorsCancer HospitalCancer CenterCancer patientsOncological careCare metricsClinical armTreatment metrics
2021
Racial and ethnic disparities among patients with breast cancer and COVID-19.
Nagaraj G, Accordino M, French B, Kuderer N, Lyman G, Stover D, Blinder V, Schmidt A, Shatsky R, Grover P, Puc M, Hwang C, Wulff-Burchfield E, Lewis M, Menendez A, Bilen M, Warner J, Lustberg M, Shah D. Racial and ethnic disparities among patients with breast cancer and COVID-19. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 6500-6500. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.6500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-19 outcomesNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic whitesHospital admissionClinicopathologic characteristicsMechanical ventilationCancer characteristicsCOVID-19Laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2Worse breast cancer outcomesIntensive care unit admissionCare unit admissionSevere COVID-19Breast cancer outcomesFisher's exact testSignificant differencesSARS-CoV-2High rateEthnic groupsCOVID-19 diagnosisAnti-cancer therapyRace/ethnicityActive diseaseUnit admissionBaseline characteristics