Among over 1 million patients with gastrointestinal cancer, only a small percentage were enrolled in clinical trials, with significantly lower enrollment rates among patients treated at minority-serving hospitals and black individuals. The odds of enrollment in a clinical trial were much lower for patients at minority-serving hospitals compared to non-minority-serving hospitals, and even after controlling for hospital type, black patients were less likely to be enrolled compared to white patients.
Journal Article by Mehdi Khan MM, Munir MM (…) Pawlik TM et 7 al. in J Gastrointest Surg
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