Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on November 25, 2008
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(23):1739; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn395
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press.
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Re: Residual Treatment Disparities After Oncology Referral for Rectal Cancer
Affiliations of authors: Department of Medical Oncology (KMF, SK, JD, LCL, FSB, PG) and Department of Surgery (ITJ), Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medical Oncology (KMF, SK, JD, LCL, FSB, PG) and Department of Surgery (SM), Western Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; BioGrid Australia (KMF, SK, PG) and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (PG), Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Correspondence to: Kathryn M. Field, MBBS (Hons), FRACP, BioGrid Australia, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia (e-mail: kathryn.field@mh.org.au).
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The recent article by Morris et al. (1) is of interest. Their analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data produced an unexpected finding that disparities between black and white patients in the use of adjuvant treatment for rectal cancer were seen particularly in younger and fitter patients. Although a
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