Objective (1) Describe the existing head and neck cancer health disparities literature.(2)
Contextualize these studies by using the NIMHD research framework (National Institute on …

Social determinants of health markedly affect pediatric head and neck cancer care and
prognosis in complex and surprising ways. Modern-day tools and analyses derived from …

Importance Timely initiation of postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) is associated with
reduced recurrence rates and improved overall survival in patients with head and neck …

Importance Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) are known to be at increased risk of
suicide compared with the general population, but there has been insufficient research on …

Objectives To quantify head and neck cancer (HNC) mortality rates and identify racial and
socioeconomic factors associated with 90-day mortality. Methods The National Cancer …

Importance Black patients are less likely than White patients to receive guideline-concordant
cancer care in the US. Proton beam therapy (PBT) is a potentially superior technology to …

Background and Objectives The density of neurologists within a given geographic region
varies greatly across the United States. We aimed to measure patient travel distance and …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic drove rapid adoption of telehealth across oncologic
specialties. This revealed barriers to telehealth access and telehealth-related disparities. We …

Objectives/Hypothesis To assess the causative factors that contribute to racial disparities in
head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and establish the role of hospital factors …

Background Human papillomavirus (HPV)–mediated oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) is
associated with dramatically improved survival in comparison with HPV‐negative OPC and …