Mubarak Fatima, Gabriel Emmanuel M, Bowers Jade C
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of General Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Am Surg. 2025 May;91(5):719-722. doi: 10.1177/00031348251329497. Epub 2025 Mar 24.
The National Cancer Database (NCDB) is a large data set of cancer patients treated in the United States. In recent decades, many papers have utilized this database to study disparities in cancer care and outcomes. In this review, we present the strengths and limitations of using the NCDB to study cancer disparities, which should be taken into account by researchers who use the NCDB in this setting.