boards, and community partnerships, are effective strategies that can increase underrepresented minorities’ engagement and enrollment in research as well as access to care. 16 , 17 Additionally, use of EHR algorithms has supported the identification of
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Reaching Populations to Address Disparities in Cancer Care Delivery: Results From a Six-Site Initiative
Noël Arring, Christopher R. Friese, Bidisha Ghosh, Marita Titler, Heidi Hamann, Sanja Percac-Lima, Adrian Sandra Dobs, Michelle J. Naughton, Pooja Mishra, Melissa A. Simon, Bingxin Chen, Electra D. Paskett, Robert J. Ploutz-Snyder, Martha Quinn, and Debra L. Barton
HSR22-126: Key Factors Associated With Breast Cancer Clinical Trial Enrollment in Underrepresented Minority Groups
Mizba Baksh, Aaron Spaulding, Alexander Hochwald, Hodge David, Sikander Ailawadhi, and Pooja Advani
Geographic Accessibility and Completion of Initial Low-Dose CT-Based Lung Cancer Screening in an Urban Safety-Net Population
Sofia Yi, Rutu A. Rathod, Vijaya Subbu Natchimuthu, Sheena Bhalla, Jessica L. Lee, Travis Browning, Joyce O. Adesina, Minh Do, David Balis, Juana Gamarra de Wiliams, Ellen Kitchell, Noel O. Santini, David H. Johnson, Heidi A. Hamann, Simon J. Craddock Lee, Amy E. Hughes, and David E. Gerber
clinic and to the LDCT screening facility. For this cohort, the median age was 63 years, 42% were women, 73% were underrepresented minorities, 50% were partnered or previously partnered, and almost all (99%) had either moderate or severe comorbidity
Cancer Health Disparities
Daniel M. Geynisman
Wright Lectureship. Dr. Ragin has spent her career studying genetic, molecular, and environmental contributors of cancer in underrepresented minorities, and she established the African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium in 2006 to study viral, genetic
Hope for a Future Free of Unconscious Biases and Racial Anxiety in Cancer Care
Elliot A. Asare and Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju
the diversity of the oncology work force, improve the representation of underrepresented minorities in medical schools, and retain and promote faculty from minoritized backgrounds in academia will also help create an environment where people from
Current Insights: Evolving Principles and Controversies of Cancer Risk Assessment and Management of Hereditary Cancers
Presented by: Robert Pilarski, Jennifer M. Weiss, Susan M. Domchek, and Moderated by Tuya Pal
than they would through traditional channels, she noted. Some have also suggested that DTC testing might improve testing disparities, because it is well known that underrepresented minorities are unlikely to undergo genetic testing even when personal
Effect of Patient Navigation on Completion of Lung Cancer Screening in Vulnerable Populations
Sheena Bhalla, Vijaya Natchimuthu, Jessica L. Lee, Urooj Wahid, Hong Zhu, Noel O. Santini, Travis Browning, Heidi A. Hamann, David H. Johnson, Hsienchang Chiu, Simon J. Craddock Lee, and David E. Gerber
featuring far more diversity and medical and psychosocial complexity. More than two-thirds of the patients were underrepresented minorities (URMs), 80% were current smokers, 90% had at least moderate comorbidity, <30% had postsecondary school education, and
