The study was published online March 25 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
"Given America's track record of disparate care, I suppose we should not be surprised that racial and ethnic minorities were disproportionately deprived of another medial advance," Dr. Stephen B. Edge, of Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, wrote in an accompanying editorial. "However, this observation is profoundly disappointing and sobering. It is yet another call for us to redouble efforts to identify and correct the root cause of disparities."
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