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This study evaluates the impact of race and socioeconomic status (SES) on the presentation, management, and survival of patients with potentially resectable PDAC within a metropolitan hospital system in the Southeast United States.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A retrospective analysis of PDAC patients (2014-2020) across a multi-hospital system was performed. Associations between race as well as socioeconomic and clinicopathologic data with presentation, treatment, and survival were analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Among 222 patients, 104 (46.9%) were Black and 118 (53.1%) were White. Black patients presented at a significantly younger age (61 vs 66,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.007) and resided within the lowest 2 quintiles for median income (68.2% vs 42.4%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.0001). Compared with White patients, Black patients were more likely to have Medicaid\/no insurance (22.1% vs 11.9%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.040). Receipt of multimodal therapy and curative intent resection was not significantly different between Black and White patients (80% vs 84.3%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.372; 46% vs 54.6%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.275), \u226450th percentile vs &gt; 50th percentile income (79.5% vs 85.1%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.358; 47.6% vs 53.8%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.428), or Medicare\/private vs Medicaid\/no insurance (84.4% vs 71.4%\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.120; 50% vs 53.8%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.719). On survival analysis, outcomes were determined by receipt of multimodal treatment and histopathological factors but did not differ based on race or SES.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This analysis demonstrates that patients with PDAC can receive similar treatment despite differences in race and SES. Interestingly, Black patients presented at a significantly younger age, warranting further evaluation of risk factors and tumor biology.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/00031348251399190","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,14]],"date-time":"2025-11-14T19:52:12Z","timestamp":1763149932000},"page":"1498-1507","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Impact of Race and Socioeconomic Status on Management of Potentially Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Analysis From a Metropolitan Area in the Southeast United States"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"92","author":[{"given":"Devanshi D.","family":"Patel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Tennessee Health Science Center"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samantha","family":"Brashier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Tennessee Health Science Center"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5421-9014","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrew M.","family":"Fleming","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Tennessee Health Science Center"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Evan S.","family":"Glazer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Tennessee Health Science Center"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8392-1427","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gabriela L.","family":"Aitken","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Tennessee Health Science Center"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paxton V.","family":"Dickson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Tennessee Health Science Center"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_4_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/jso.26859"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1089\/heq.2019.0057"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.suronc.2018.10.008"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2217\/cer-2020-0079"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.surg.2021.10.027"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/ans.17964"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1158\/1055-9965.EPI-06-0893"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_9_2","unstructured":"United States Census Bureau. 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