Race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors in cholangiocarcinoma: What is driving disparities in receipt of treatment?

Abstract

Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities exist in treatment for cholangiocarcinoma, however only for primary treatment. In patients who received surgery or chemotherapy, there were no disparities in receipt of multimodality therapy. This emphasizes the need to improve initial access to health care for minority and socioeconomical disadvantaged patients.