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Addressing health disparities in cancer with genomics

Incorporating genomics more widely into cancer screening and management will help to tackle the mortality gap between Black and white patients with cancer. Here, we emphasize the role of genomics as a tool to promote health equity in cancer.

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Autores principales: Balogun, Onyinye D., Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8267506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34244675
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41576-021-00390-4
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spelling pubmed-82675062021-07-09 Addressing health disparities in cancer with genomics Balogun, Onyinye D. Olopade, Olufunmilayo I. Nat Rev Genet Comment Incorporating genomics more widely into cancer screening and management will help to tackle the mortality gap between Black and white patients with cancer. Here, we emphasize the role of genomics as a tool to promote health equity in cancer. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-07-09 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8267506/ /pubmed/34244675 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41576-021-00390-4 Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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