Annals of surgery
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Determining the impact of county-level upward economic mobility on stage at diagnosis and receipt of treatment among Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. ⋯ Pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients from higher upward mobility areas were more likely to be diagnosed at an earlier stage, as well as to receive surgery or chemotherapy. The impact of county-level upward mobility was less pronounced among Black patients.