Disparities between Asian groups in time to melanoma treatment: A cross-sectional study

Lauren S Fane; Angela H Wei; Raghav Tripathi; Jeremy S Bordeaux

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2023.03.053

Disparities between Asian groups in time to melanoma treatment: A cross-sectional study

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Aug;89(2):392-394. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.03.053. Epub 2023 Apr 11.

Authors

Lauren S Fane¹, Angela H Wei², Raghav Tripathi³, Jeremy S Bordeaux⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: lsf25@case.edu.
² Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
³ Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio; Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.

PMID: 37054815
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.03.053

No abstract available

Keywords: Asian; National Cancer Database; chemotherapy; disparities; immunotherapy; insurance; melanoma; mortality; non-Hispanic white; racial; stage; survival; time to definitive surgery; time to treatment.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Asian* / ethnology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Ethnicity*
Healthcare Disparities* / ethnology
Hispanic or Latino
Humans
Melanoma* / ethnology
Melanoma* / therapy
Time-to-Treatment
United States