1. Barriers to Accessing Optimal Esophageal Cancer Care for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Patients 
Christina M. Lineback, BS, Colin M. Mervak, BA, Sha’shonda L. Revels, MD, MS, Micheal T. Kemp, BS, Rishindra M. Reddy, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 103, Issue 2, Pages (February 2017)
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2. Fig 1
Treatment patterns. Only 44.7% of patients with low socioeconomic status (SES) were offered surgical treatment compared with 76.3% of the high-SES population (**p = ). Chemotherapy was offered equally to the 2 groups (83%; p = 1). Similarly, there was no significant difference in the amount of radiation offered: low SES (57.9%); high SES (52.6%); p =
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3. Fig 2
Communication barriers. Second opinions, treatment understanding, and loss in trust were lower in the low–socioeconomic status (SES) groups (23.8%, 61.9%, and 50%, respectively) versus the high-SES group (65.8%, 83.8%, and 15%, respectively). **p = ; ***p = 0.031; *p =
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4. Fig 3
Financial barriers. Educational disparity and loss of employment in patients with low socioeconomic status (SES) (43% and 33.3%, respectively) versus patients with high SES (71% and 2.6%, respectively) (*p = ; **p = ). Differences in financial difficulties between low SES (66.6%) and high SES (47.7%) were not significant (p = ).
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