ArticleCancers2023
The Impact of Digital Inequities on Esophageal Cancer Disparities in the US.
Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- The impact of digital inequities on salivary gland cancer disparities in the United States.Head & neck · 2025Article
- Multilevel Disparities of Sex-Differentiated Human Papilloma Virus-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancers in the United States.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is currently no comprehensive tool that quantifiably measures validated factors of modern technology access in the US for digital inequity impact on esophageal cancer care (EC).
objectiveTo assess the influence of digital inequities on esophageal cancer disparities while accounting for traditional social determinants.
methods15,656 EC patients from 2013-2017 in SEER were assessed for significant regression trends in long-term follow-up, survival, prognosis, and treatment with increasing overall digital inequity, as measured by the Digital Inequity Index (DII). The DII was calculated based on 17 census tract-level variables derived from the American Community Survey and Federal Communications Commission. Variables were categorized as infrastructure access or sociodemographic, ranked, and then averaged into a composite score.
resultsWith increasing overall digital inequity, significant decreases in the length of long-term follow-up (
conclusionsDigital inequities meaningfully contribute to detrimental trends in EC patient care in the US, allowing discourse for targeted means of alleviating disparities while contextualizing national, sociodemographic trends of the impact of online access on informed care.
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