Mollie E. Wood

OBJECTIVES: Black patients have the highest mortality rate from endometrial cancer (EC), and yet remain underrepresented in EC research. Thus, currently published symptom patterns may not be comprehensive for this population. The purpose of…

Introduction: Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine devices (LNG-IUDs) can be effective treatments for benign gynecological conditions, but there may be ethno-racial differences in how patients receive treatment. Methods: Data were from a h…

INTRODUCTION: Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine devices (LNG-IUDs) can be effective treatments for benign gynecological conditions, but there may be ethno-racial differences in how patients receive treatment. METHODS: Data were from a …

Background: Hysterectomy for noncancerous conditions is a patient-preference-sensitive procedure. Therefore, gynecological practices may provide hysterectomy at varying levels of symptom severity. We assess whether practice-level severity c…

OBJECTIVES: Evidence regarding risk for hysterectomy following treatment for benign gynecological conditions with a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD) is limited. We assess whether race and ethnicity are associated with …

OBJECTIVE: Black patients with endometrial cancer (EC) experience disproportionately advanced stage at diagnosis. We aimed to identify variables, beyond race and histologic subtype, which increase risk for delayed diagnosis of EC. METHODS:…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether greater symptom severity can explain higher hysterectomy rates among premenopausal non-Hispanic Black compared with White patients in the U.S. South rather than potential overtreatment of Black patients. METH…

BACKGROUND: Hysterectomy is a common surgery among reproductive-aged U.S. patients, with rates highest among Black patients in the South. There is limited insight on causes of these racial differences. In the U.S., electronic medical record…