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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2014

Racial and ethnic disparities in gastric cancer outcomes: more important than surgical technique?

Shaila J Merchant, Lily Li, Joseph Kim

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Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  13. Inpatient burden of gastric cancer in the United States.Annals of translational medicine · 2019
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  15. Nature versus nurture: the impact of nativity and site of treatment on survival for gastric cancer.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2019
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  18. Examining the gastric cancer survival gap between Asians and whites in the United States.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Shaila J MerchantShaila J Merchant, Lily Li, Joseph Kim, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, United States.
Lily LiShaila J Merchant, Lily Li, Joseph Kim, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, United States.
Joseph KimShaila J Merchant, Lily Li, Joseph Kim, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care are major public health concerns and their identification is necessary to develop interventions to eliminate these disparities. We and others have previously observed marked disparities in gastric cancer outcomes between Eastern and Western patients. These disparities have long been attributed to surgical technique and extent of lymphadenectomy. However, more recent evidence suggests that other factors such as tumor biology, environmental factors such as Helicobacter pylori infection and stage migration may also significantly contribute to these observed disparities. We review the literature surrounding disparities in gastric cancer and provide data pertaining to potential contributing factors.

Indexed as

EthnicityHealth Status DisparitiesRacial GroupsEnvironmentHealthcare DisparitiesHumansNeoplasm StagingRisk FactorsStomach NeoplasmsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesDisparitiesEthnicityGastric adenocarcinomaGastric cancerRace

Identifiers

PMID25206261
PMCPMC4155347

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