FINDINGS ACROSS DISEASES Table 4.1 summarizes the various factors, grouped into four—(a) patient; (b) provider; (c) health system, and (d) contextual—factors found to have contributed to disparities in cancer treatment. Three cancers—breast, lung, and colorectal—are used here as illustrative examples that can serve as models for disparities in other cancers or other chronic illnesses. Breast […]