Race/ethnicity does not impact surgical management or clinical outcomes among insured patients with dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

Amanda H Rosenthal; Geena Conde; Jing Zhang; Nima M Gharavi; Jeremy Man

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2024.07.1469

Race/ethnicity does not impact surgical management or clinical outcomes among insured patients with dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 Nov;91(5):1003-1006. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.07.1469. Epub 2024 Aug 22.

Authors

Amanda H Rosenthal¹, Geena Conde², Jing Zhang³, Nima M Gharavi⁴, Jeremy Man⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: Amanda.x.Rosenthal@kp.org.
² UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.
³ Department of Research & Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

PMID: 39177526
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.07.1469

No abstract available

Keywords: DFSP; MMS; dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; health disparities; insurance status; local recurrence; management Mohs Micrographic Surgery; racial differences; racial disparities; recurrence; recurrence rates; socioeconomic status; treatment; treatment level disparities; tumor size.