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"The disparities that were related to receipt of SLNB in this study are particularly important in light of the clinical advantages associated with this technique. Better outcomes have been reported for patients receiving SLNB than for patients receiving ALND," the researchers wrote.

The study was published online March 25 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

"Given America's track record of disparate care, I suppose we should not be surprised that racial and ethnic minorities were disproportionately deprived of another medial advance," Dr. Stephen B. Edge, of Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, wrote in an accompanying editorial. "However, this observation is profoundly disappointing and sobering. It is yet another call for us to redouble efforts to identify and correct the root cause of disparities."

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