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Review
. 2023 Jan;30(1):48-57.
doi: 10.1245/s10434-022-12765-w. Epub 2022 Nov 14.

Landmark Series on Disparities: Uterine Cancer and Strategies for Mitigation

Eloise Chapman-Davis  1 , Emily M Webster  2 , Onyinye D Balogun  3   4 , Melissa K Frey  2 , Kevin Holcomb  2
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Landmark Series on Disparities: Uterine Cancer and Strategies for Mitigation

Eloise Chapman-Davis et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Jan.

Abstract

Longstanding racial disparities exist in uterine cancer. There is a growing body of literature documenting differences in the prevalence, diagnosis, treatment, and tumor characteristics of uterine cancer in Black women compared with White women that significantly contribute to the outcome disparity seen between the groups. This article seeks to provide an overview of racial disparities present in uterine cancer, with attention on Black women in the USA, as well as offer a review on the multifactorial etiology of the disparities described.

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