Breaking Barriers: Addressing Issues of Inequality in Trial Enrollment and Clinical Outcomes for Patients With Kidney and Bladder Cancer.
Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book
; 41: e174-e181, 2021 Jun.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34061566
ABSTRACT
Despite recent treatment advances, kidney and bladder cancer cases have continued to rise in both incidence and mortality over the last few decades. Not every demographic subgroup of patients diagnosed with these cancers has an equivalent outcome. Women diagnosed with bladder cancer have worse overall survival than men diagnosed with bladder cancer. Older adults with muscle-invasive bladder cancer have worse cancer-specific outcomes than do younger patients. Black patients diagnosed with kidney and bladder cancers appear to have worse overall survival than White patients diagnosed with these cancers. Although these differences in outcomes are likely multifactorial, in many cases they may be based on modifiable approaches to screening, diagnosing, and treating patients. We explore various causes of these differences in outcomes between patients and address patient engagement strategies and avenues to effect change. In 2021, equity in cancer and cancer care delivery has a more prominent place in the hierarchy of the continuum of medicine. Continued focus on this topic is critical, with clear accountabilities established and barriers to best care for patients eliminated.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Tumeurs de la vessie urinaire
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Tumeurs du rein
Type d'étude:
Diagnostic_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limites:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Langue:
En
Journal:
Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book
Année:
2021
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Moldavie