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ArticleCancer health disparities2019

Looking at cancer health disparities without the colored lenses.

Mohammad Aslam Khan, Girijesh Kumar Patel, Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava, James Elliot Carter, Jennifer Young Pierce, Rodney Paul Rocconi, Seema Singh, Ajay Pratap Singh

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Article in Cancer health disparities, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Mohammad Aslam KhanDepartment of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36604, USA.
Girijesh Kumar PatelDepartment of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36604, USA.
Sanjeev Kumar SrivastavaDepartment of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36604, USA.
James Elliot CarterDepartment of Pathology, College of medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36617, USA.
Jennifer Young PierceDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, 36604, USA.
Rodney Paul RocconiDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, 36604, USA.
Seema SinghDepartment of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36604, USA.
Ajay Pratap SinghDepartment of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36604, USA.

Funding

Impact of social factors on breast cancer biology in African-American womenR01CA231925 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · PI SINGH, SEEMA · 2019 to 2023
$3.0M
Targeting tumor-stromal interaction for pancreatic cancer therapyR01CA175772 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · PI SINGH, AJAY PRATAP · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
Molecular causes and mechanistic underpinning of breast cancer racial disparityR01CA204801 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · PI SINGH, SEEMA · 2016 to 2020
$1.7M
Molecular determinant of racial disparity in prostate cancerU01CA185490 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · PI SINGH, AJAY PRATAP · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA175772NCI NIH HHS R01 CA204801NCI NIH HHS R01 CA231925NCI NIH HHS U01 CA185490
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer health disparities (CHDs), defined as the adverse differences in cancer incidence and mortality, are prevalent in certain racial and ethnic groups. Underlying causes of CHDs are multi-factorial and debatable. While low socioeconomic status, geographical location, lifestyle and behavioral factors are mostly believed to contribute to CHDs, regardless of ethnic and racial background, significant data now also exist to support a genetic basis of such disparities as well. Clearly, CHDs could best be understood by studying the interplay of multiple (genetic and non-genetic) factors and then translating the resulting knowledge into effective approaches for reducing the existing disparity gaps. This review article highlights these aspects in brief and calls the people of different expertise to work together to make an impact and tackle the challenges associated with CHDs.

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ancestryCancerepigeneticsgeneticshealth disparitiessocioeconomic status

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PMCPMC6705599

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