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ASO Author Reflections: Impact of Residential Racial Integration on Postoperative Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Resection for Cancer

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  1. Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH, USA

    Alessandro Paro MD & Timothy M. Pawlik MD, MPH, MTS, PhD

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ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article “Impact of Residential Racial Integration on Postoperative Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Resection for Cancer”. Ann Surg Oncol.

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Paro, A., Pawlik, T.M. ASO Author Reflections: Impact of Residential Racial Integration on Postoperative Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Resection for Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 28, 7575–7576 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10041-x

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