
Data link food deserts to metastatic breast cancer mutations and shorter survival, urging oncologists to screen for food insecurity.
Emily Podany, MD, MPHS, is an assistant professor of medicine, Division of Oncology, John T. Milliken Department of Medicine, WashU Medicine.

Data link food deserts to metastatic breast cancer mutations and shorter survival, urging oncologists to screen for food insecurity.

Living in food deserts links to aggressive ctDNA mutations and shorter metastatic breast cancer survival, with the starkest survival gaps seen in Black patients.