2025
The impact of race on the association between structural racism and the quality of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Gaddy J, Lee D, Herrin J, Yu J, Pollack C, Dean L, Hamid S, Feder S, Canavan M, Soulos P, Gross C. The impact of race on the association between structural racism and the quality of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2025, 43: 1598-1598. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2025.43.16_suppl.1598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient raceStructural racismNon-small cell lung cancerBlack patientsWhite patientsTwo-year survivalAppropriate evaluationSurveillance, EpidemiologyMixed effects logistic regression modelsMultivariable mixed effects logistic regression modelsEffects logistic regression modelsRegression modelsLogistic regression modelsLowest quintileHealth careRacial disparitiesRacial inequalityImpact of raceLocal stagingQuintileCell lung cancerMinoritized communitiesInteraction termsAssociationDisparitiesMediators of Racial Inequities in Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Care
Hamid S, Lee D, Herrin J, Yu J, Pollack C, Dean L, Gaddy J, Oladele C, Feder S, Canavan M, Nunez-Smith M, Soulos P, Gross C. Mediators of Racial Inequities in Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Care. Cancer Medicine 2025, 14: e70757. PMID: 40052387, PMCID: PMC11886416, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.70757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancer carePhase of careSocioeconomic statusNon-small cell lung cancerIndividual-level socioeconomic statusNeighborhood-level socioeconomic statusMedicare-Medicaid dual eligibilityWhite patientsHealth care accessLung cancer careNon-Hispanic blacksIndirect effects of mediatorsDiagnosis stageStage-appropriate treatmentTwo-year survivalCancer careCare accessEffects of raceOptimal careDual eligiblesCareStructural racismRacial inequalityBlack patientsInadequate evaluation
2023
Race, geography, and risk of breast cancer treatment delays: A population‐based study 2004–2015
Reeder‐Hayes K, Jackson B, Baggett C, Kuo T, Gaddy J, LeBlanc M, Bell E, Green L, Wheeler S. Race, geography, and risk of breast cancer treatment delays: A population‐based study 2004–2015. Cancer 2023, 129: 925-933. PMID: 36683417, PMCID: PMC11578059, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34573.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer treatment delaysTreatment delayMagnitude of racial disparitiesNon-Black patientsStage I-III breast cancerI-III breast cancerPoor-quality carePopulation health resourcesRisk of treatment delayBlack patientsBreast cancer survivalCancer treatment delayPopulation-based studyDiagnosis to first treatmentAssociated with riskBreast cancerCancer RegistryObservational cohort of patientsTreatment delay >Health resourcesPopulation-basedPoisson regressionCancer survivalSociodemographic dataRacial disparities
2022
Evaluation of facilitators and barriers of timely breast cancer care in North Carolina (NC): A qualitative study.
Gaddy J, Teal R, Bell E, Wheeler S, Reeder-Hayes K. Evaluation of facilitators and barriers of timely breast cancer care in North Carolina (NC): A qualitative study. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 134-134. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.28_suppl.134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer care deliverySocial determinants of healthArea Health Education CenterDeterminants of healthBreast cancer careSocial determinantsCare deliveryCancer careBlack patientsHealthcare systemQuality of cancer careQualitative studyIdentification of emergent themesInitiation of breast cancer treatmentOverall quality of cancer careAdverse social determinantsPatients' social determinantsProvision of social support servicesBreast cancer cliniciansHealth Education CenterSupportive healthcare providersSocial support servicesNorth CarolinaTreatment delayNon-black women
2021
Racial differences in impact of geography on breast cancer treatment delay.
Reeder-Hayes K, Baggett C, Jackson B, Kuo T, Gaddy J, Bell E, Green L, Wheeler S. Racial differences in impact of geography on breast cancer treatment delay. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 81-81. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.39.28_suppl.81.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArea Health Education CenterBlack patientsRacial disparitiesBreast cancer treatment delaysLocal health system characteristicsBlack breast cancer patientsLikelihood of treatment delaysBlack womenTreatment delayNon-Black patientsStage I-III breast cancerRisk ratioHealth system factorsPoor quality careCancer registry dataI-III breast cancerPopulation health resourcesHealth Education CenterPatients receive careBlack patients receive careRisk of treatment delayPatient-level factorsModified Poisson regressionCancer treatment delaySignificant racial disparities
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