Impact of Treatment Settings on Colorectal Cancer Treatment Among Patients in High-Poverty Areas

SoCa is excited to announce that Year 1 Pilot PI Awardee Dr. Jialin Mao has published her article, “Short-and Long-term Patient Outcomes in Hospitals Primarily Serving Patients with Colorectal Cancer from High-Poverty Areas—An Observational Cohort Study,” in the Annals of Surgical Oncology!

As quoted in Weill Cornell Medicine’s coverage of the article: “Results indicate that a group of poverty-area-serving (PAS) hospitals treated a significant proportion of patients with CRC residing in HPAs, but few from LPAs. Patients with CRC residing in HPAs who were treated at PAS hospitals had worse in-hospital outcomes, 30-day readmission rates, and long-term mortality compared with those residing in LPAs treated at non-PAS hospitals.”

Click here to view Weill Cornell Medicine’s press release on Dr. Mao’s publication.