ASPO Abstracts

Disparities in Lung Cancer Clinical Trial Discussion and Enrollment at a Safety Net Hospital

Authors: Dudipala HR, Jani C, Radwan A, Al Omari O, Patel M, and Tapan U.

Category: Cancer Health Disparities
Conference Year: 2023

Abstract Body:
PURPOSE: To investigate disparities in lung cancer clinical trial discussion and enrollment at Boston Medical Center (BMC), the largest safety net hospital in New England. METHODS: We included 1,121 patients with a diagnosis of lung cancer between January 2015 to December 2020 at BMC. To determine clinic trial status, we queried electronic medical records on EPIC by either entering "clinical trial

Keywords: clinical trial disparities, safety-net hospital, lung cancer