Lung SCC Highly Mutated yet Homogenous Across Diverse Demographic Populations
Investigators used next-generation sequencing to characterize the genomic profile of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in 26 Colombian patients with lung SCC.
Racial Disparities
Is There An Association Between DCIS and Breast Cancer Mortality?
How effective is surgical treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) at preventing an invasive recurrence of breast cancer? Treatment is intended to significantly lessen the lifetime risk of breast cancer and breast cancer-related mortality, but are patients diagnosed with DCIS still at risk for experiencing poor outcomes? A recent study in JAMA Network Open…
How Can Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility Be Addressed?
A significant amount of progress has been made in improving the treatment of lung cancer and patient outcomes. However, a number of disparities that can have an impact on these persist, including those affecting lung cancer screening. Lung cancer screening is an essential step toward effective treatment and improved survival, but its success depends on…
Black Men With Prostate Cancer Found to Be Reluctant to Participate in Trials
Efforts should be made to address patient concerns about clinical trial participation.
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Access to Telehealth Visits: Results From the COVID-19 and Cancer Outcomes Study
Black and Hispanic patients were more likely to have COVID-19 but less likely to have an increase in telehealth visits.
Scientists Issue Call to Become “Antiracist” in Cancer Care and Research
Even with an “exponential growth” of URM students, “faculty diversity would remain static well into the next 50 years.”
Black-White Disparity in Lung Cancer Incidence Eliminated
Historical trend of increased incidence in Blacks versus Whites disappeared in men, reversed in women.
How Patients Lose Their Own Voices: Disparities in Patient-Reported Outcome Capture in Clinical Trials
It remains important to interrogate how structural discrimination influences the collection of patient-reported outcomes.
Genomic Alterations Distinct for Black Men With Prostate Cancer
Frequencies of genomic alterations in current therapeutic targets similar for AFR, EUR men.
Racial Differences Seen in Time to Treatment for Melanoma
Time from diagnosis to definitive surgery is twice as long on average for black versus white patients.
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