Food Environment Impacts Gastrointestinal Cancer Outcomes
Patients in regions with poorer food environments exhibit higher odds of late-stage gastrointestinal cancer diagnosis and worse survival rates. These disparities are pronounced across various cancer types, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to mitigate socioeconomic and dietary influences on cancer outcomes.
Female surgical trainees who lose a pregnancy face physical, mental, and professional harm, and most programs offer no clear support, according to a qualitative study of surgeons and trainees.
LGBTQ+ general surgery applicants use small signals to judge whether a residency program is psychologically safe, and some hide their identity to avoid being filtered out.