Disparities in Cancer Care | Specialty

The OncLive Disparities in Cancer Care condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on disparities in care with regards to race, gender, demographics, geographics, and socioeconomic status. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on studies evaluating these various disparities and how they impact clinical trial enrollment and oncology treatment.

Dr. Malhotra on the Rationale to Evaluate Racial Disparities in Lung Cancer Survivors

August 5th 2021

Jyoti Malhotra, MD, MPH, discusses the rationale to evaluate racial disparities in lung cancer survivors.

Understanding Actionable Pathogenic Variants Among Caribbean Patients With Breast and Ovarian Cancers

July 29th 2021

Dr. George and Dr. Hurley discuss the data generated from their study on the correlation between deleterious variants in genes and the development of hereditary breast and ovarian cancers in populations throughout the Caribbean.

Disparities in Race and Socioeconomic Factors Linked With Outcomes in LS-SCLC

July 27th 2021

Racial minorities with limited-stage small cell lung cancer, including African American and Asian patients, were found to have more favorable survival outcomes compared with White patients, which suggests that race is associated with survival in this disease.

Examining Interventions to Increase Participation of Hispanic/Latinx Populations to Clinical Trials for Cancers

July 23rd 2021

Rodolfo Gutierrez, MD, discusses racial disparities in cancer care and interventions to encourage increased participation of the Hispanic and Latinx community on clinical trials.

Understanding Etiology of TNBC is Critical for Discovering Effective Preventive Approaches

July 22nd 2021

Mark E. Sherman, MD, discusses research efforts evaluating immune responses and risk of TNBC and implications for higher rates of disease among African American women.

Dr. Pederson on the Importance of Ancestrally-Unbiased Polygenic Risk Assessment in Breast Cancer

June 24th 2021

Holly Pederson, MD, discusses the importance of ancestrally-unbiased polygenic risk assessment in patients with breast cancer.

Dr. Nguyen on Enrollment Disparities in Pivotal Clinical Trials in Oncology

June 23rd 2021

Ryan Nguyen, DO, discusses enrollment disparities in pivotal clinical trials in oncology.

Multiple Factors Contribute to Disparities in Health and Cancer Outcomes

June 18th 2021

The issue of disparities in cancer is multifactorial, as it can cover not only race, ethnic, and cultural issues, but also gender identification.

Dr. Blanter on Racial Disparities in Development of Distant Metastases in Breast Cancer

June 18th 2021

Julia Blanter, MD, discusses the risk of developing distant metastases after initial breast cancer diagnosis among Black vs White women.

Dr. Hoskins on the Impact of Race on Breast Cancer Outcomes

June 16th 2021

Kent Hoskins, MD, discusses the impact of race on breast cancer outcomes.