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ReviewThe oncologist2021

Disparities in Cancer Care and the Asian American Population.

Richard J Lee, Ravi A Madan, Jayoung Kim, Edwin M Posadas, Evan Y Yu

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Review in The oncologist, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
83citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Home Health Care to Asian Americans: a Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024
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  7. Cancer Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, 1999-2020.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026
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  15. US Immigrants and their Knowledge of their Family History of Cancer: A Population-Based Study.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2026
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23 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Richard J LeeHarvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9949-671X
Ravi A MadanGenitourinary Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Jayoung KimDepartment of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, California, Los Angeles, USA.
Edwin M PosadasSamuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, California, Los Angeles, USA.
Evan Y YuUniversity of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · USHarvard University · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Evaluation of novel treatments in biochemically recurrent prostateZIABC011896 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI MADAN, RAVI · 2019 to 2025
$3.6M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asian Americans are the only racial/ethnic group in the U.S. for whom cancer is the leading cause of death in men and women, unlike heart disease for all other groups. Asian Americans face a confluence of cancer risks, with high rates of cancers endemic to their countries of origin due to infectious and cultural reasons, as well as increasing rates of "Western" cancers that are due in part to assimilation to the American diet and lifestyle. Despite the clear mortality risk, Asian Americans are screened for cancers at lower rates than the majority of Americans. Solutions to eliminate the disparity in cancer care are complicated by language and cultural concerns of this very heterogeneous group. This review addresses the disparities in cancer screening, the historical causes, the potential contribution of racism, the importance of cultural perceptions of health care, and potential strategies to address a very complicated problem. Noting that the health care disparities faced by Asian Americans may be less conspicuous than the structural racism that has inflicted significant damage to the health of Black Americans over more than four centuries, this review is meant to raise awareness and to compel the medical establishment to recognize the urgent need to eliminate health disparities for all. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Cancer is the leading cause of death in Asian Americans, who face cancers endemic to their native countries, perhaps because of infectious and cultural factors, as well as those faced by all Americans, perhaps because of "Westernization" in terms of diet and lifestyle. Despite the mortality rates, Asian Americans have less cancer screening than other Americans. This review highlights the need to educate Asian Americans to improve cancer literacy and health care providers to understand the important cancer risks of the fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the U.S. Eliminating disparities is critical to achieving an equitable society for all Americans.

Indexed as

AsianNeoplasmsBlack or African AmericanFemaleHealthcare DisparitiesHealth Services AccessibilityHispanic or LatinoHumansMaleRacial GroupsUnited StatesAsian AmericanCancerDisparitiesRacismScreening

Identifiers

PMID33683795
PMCPMC8176990
OpenAlexW3135699875

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