Facilities that service economically advantaged neighborhoods perform surgical metastasectomy more often for patients with colorectal liver metastases

Metastasectomy of isolated colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) requires significant clinical expertise and may not be readily available or offered. The authors hypothesized that hospitals that treat a greater percentage of patients from higher income catchment areas are more likely to perform metastasectomies regardless of patient or tumor characteristics.Using the National Cancer Data Base, the authors classified facilities into facility income...