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ASO Author Reflections: Socioeconomic Disparities in Use of Surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancers Are Large and Impactful in Poor-Prognosis Cancers

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Douglas S. Swords MD, MS & Courtney L. Scaife MD

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ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article “Size and Importance of Socioeconomic Status-Based Disparities in Use of Surgery in Nonadvanced Stage Gastrointestinal Cancers” Ann Surg Oncol. Epub 11 Oct 2019. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07922-7.

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Swords, D.S., Scaife, C.L. ASO Author Reflections: Socioeconomic Disparities in Use of Surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancers Are Large and Impactful in Poor-Prognosis Cancers. Ann Surg Oncol 27, 342–343 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-08063-7

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