Language barriers are associated with advanced presentation of melanoma in Hispanic patients: A retrospective case series - 12/11/25
Doi : 10.1016/j.jaad.2025.10.049
Ariel B. Brown, MD a, Sophia N. Wix, MD a, Cecilia H. Yip, BA a, Kaley Mafong a, Michael Wu, MPH b, Daniel Wang, MD c, Song Zhang, PhD d, Rebecca Vasquez, MD a, Mingyue Li, MPH, PhD d, Jennifer G. Gill, MD, PhD a, ⁎ 
a Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
b Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
c Division of Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
d Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
∗Correspondence to: Jennifer G. Gill, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390-9069Department of DermatologyUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center5323 Harry Hines BlvdDallasTX75390-9069
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Key words : health disparities, Hispanic patients, interpreter use, language barriers, melanoma, point of entry, social determinants of health
| Funding sources: Research reported in this publication was supported by services provided freely by the UTSW CTSA program. The CTSA program is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award Number UL1TR003163. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH (National Institutes of Health). |
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| Patient consent: Not applicable. |
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| IRB approval status: The study was approved by UTSW and Parkland (IRB STU-2022-0690). The data have not been published previously. |
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