COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health in Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scientific Publishing

“…During the past 5 years, Gastroenterology has published numerous articles that considered race, ethnicity, sex, and gender. 10,[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] The Journal is assessing approaches to the evaluation of original articles that promote fairness and inclusivity of people of color and both sexes in clinical and basic science research.…”

895: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Survival

“…Differences in cancer survival may reveal the influence of both upstream determinants and downstream factors across the cancer care continuum, ranging from social and environmental conditions to cancer treatment to biological response. 5 A growing literature suggests Black patients diagnosed with early-onset CRC have experienced smaller gains in survival over time compared with White patients, [6][7][8] but few studies have examined disparities in cancer survival in other patient populations with early-onset CRC, particularly Asian and Hispanic patients. To address this gap and extend the findings of our prior work, we estimated 5-year relative survival and examined disparities in survival by race and ethnicity in a diverse, population-based sample of patients diagnosed with early-onset CRC.…”