RT Journal
A1 Chang DC
T1 Pushing the envelope of disparity research to find modifiable factors: Comment on “residential segregation and lung cancer mortality in the united states”
JF JAMA Surgery
JO JAMA Surgery
YR 2013
FD January 1
VO 148
IS 1
SP 42
OP 43
DO 10.1001/jamasurgery.2013.405
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamasurgery.2013.405
AB 
Traditionally, clinical research has focused on patient factors, such as age, sex, comorbidities, and cancer staging. The fundamental problem with focusing on patient factors is that they are impossible to change. Herein lies the futility that many feel about disparity research. If poor outcomes are associated with certain ethnoracial groups, what can we do about it? We can't possibly change someone's race!