The Elimination of Cancer Health Disparities: Are We Ready to Do the Heavy Lifting?

Black Americans are under-represented in cancer clinical trials because of myriad factors. Minority under-representation in clinical trials likely contributes to the disparate cancer outcomes among minorities and the poor. This Commentary, in light of a clinical trial that was prematurely terminated...

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Autores principales: Jackson, Jonathan D., Moy, Beverly, Evans, Michele K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AlphaMed Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5153347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27821795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0327
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description Black Americans are under-represented in cancer clinical trials because of myriad factors. Minority under-representation in clinical trials likely contributes to the disparate cancer outcomes among minorities and the poor. This Commentary, in light of a clinical trial that was prematurely terminated because of poor accrual of black men, discusses strategies to identify and overcome barriers to enrollment for this particularly vulnerable population.
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