Abstract:Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine race and ethnicity for overall survival (OS) and percent survival after 5- and 10-years for patients diagnosed with one of the gastrointestinal (GI) cancers.Method: We used national data for 12 types of GI cancers (esophagus, stomach, gallbladder, intrahepatic bile duct, extrahepatic bile duct, liver, pancreas, small intestine, colon, rectosigmoid, rectum, and anal) for the years 2004-2016. Results: A total of 2,249,213 patients diagnosed with one of the GI t… Show more
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