Study on Racial Disparities in Cancer Treatment by Eason, Haimson, & Zhang

In collaboration with Department of Sociology graduate students Chloe Haimson and Jienian Zhang and investigators at the UW-Madison’s Carbone Center, Associate Professor John Eason’s research on racial disparities in cancer treatment and survival has found that non-Hispanic Black patients in Wisconsin were half as likely as white patients to get any treatment for pancreatic cancer and 33% less likely to receive surgery than non-Hispanic White patients.  Their article was recently published in the Wisconsin Medical Journal and featured on Channel 3000 News.

 

Photo of Chloe HaimsonHead Shot of Jienian Zhangheadshot photo of John Eason