{"id":9518,"date":"2020-11-22T16:46:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T15:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/?post_type=ec-news&#038;p=9518"},"modified":"2020-11-22T16:46:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T15:46:28","slug":"non-white-race-and-low-socioeconomic-status-associated-with-longer-wait-for-treatment-after-colorectal-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"ec-news","link":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/ec-news\/non-white-race-and-low-socioeconomic-status-associated-with-longer-wait-for-treatment-after-colorectal-cancer-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-White Race and Low Socioeconomic Status Associated With Longer Wait for Treatment After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The time between diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) and initiation of treatment is associated with mortality. In this study of 330,988 CRC cases in the U.S. between 2000 and 2016, the diagnosis-to-treatment interval was divided into short (\u22641 month) and prolonged (&gt;1 month). Factors independently associated with earlier treatment included female sex, younger age, localized disease versus regional or distant metastases, and rural location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compared to non-Hispanic White patients, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic Asian\/Pacific Islander (NHAPI), and non-Hispanic American Indian\/Alaskan Native (NHAIAN) patients all had increased odds of prolonged time to treatment. Among Black patients, higher rates of delayed treatment were seen across all socioeconomic groups. For Hispanic, NHAPI, and NHAIAN patients, there were delays or trends for delays across all socioeconomic groups, but the effects were greatest among those with low socioeconomic status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The time between diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) and initiation of treatment is associated with mortality. In this study of 330,988 CRC cases in the U.S. between 2000 and 2016, the diagnosis-to-treatment interval was divided into short (\u22641 month) and prolonged (&gt;1 month). Factors independently associated with earlier treatment included female sex, younger age, localized &#8230; <a title=\"Non-White Race and Low Socioeconomic Status Associated With Longer Wait for Treatment After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/ec-news\/non-white-race-and-low-socioeconomic-status-associated-with-longer-wait-for-treatment-after-colorectal-cancer-diagnosis\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Non-White Race and Low Socioeconomic Status Associated With Longer Wait for Treatment After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[1768,1769],"tags":[2058,1823,1343,2490,2489],"class_list":["post-9518","ec-news","type-ec-news","status-publish","hentry","category-asge-journal-scan","category-asge-kolon","tag-colon-2","tag-colorectal-cancer","tag-crc","tag-nhaian","tag-nhapi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news\/9518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ec-news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}