ReviewCancers2023
Cancer Disparities among Pacific Islanders: A Review of Sociocultural Determinants of Health in the Micronesian Region.
Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Race and Ethnicity Representation in Phase 2/3 Oncology Clinical Trial Publications: A Systematic Review.JAMA health forum · 2024Pooled it
- Elucidating the link between thyroid cancer and mercury exposure: a review and meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024Pooled it
- The Fuetsan Manhoben Curriculum: Effects on Risk Perceptions and Intentions Regarding Tobacco and Betel Nut Use Among Adolescents in Guam.Substance use & misuse · 2026Trial
- Assessing Surgical Capacity in Guam: Current Strengths and Future Goals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Associations Between Social Determinants of Health and Adherence in Mobile-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma of the Breast by Race and Ethnicity.JAMA network open · 2025Observational
- Health disparities and climate change in the Marshall Islands.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
- Review
- Breast cancer incidence and stage at diagnosis in the six US-Affiliated Pacific Islands.Cancer epidemiology · 2024Article
- Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations in genomic research.NPJ genomic medicine · 2024Review
- Recombination map tailored to Native Hawaiians may improve robustness of genomic scans for positive selection.Human genetics · 2024Article
- Article
- Impacts of climate change on cancer risk, clinical outcomes, and care delivery: A scoping review.The journal of climate change and healthReview
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Authors and funding
5 authors.
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Abstract
It is well appreciated that the social determinants of health are intimately related with health outcomes. However, there is a paucity of literature that explores these themes comprehensively for the indigenous people within Micronesia. Certain Micronesia-specific factors, such as transitions from traditional diets, the consumption of betel nut, and exposure to radiation from the nuclear bomb testing in the Marshall Islands, have predisposed certain Micronesian populations to an increased risk of developing a variety of malignancies. Furthermore, severe weather events and rising sea levels attributed to climate change threaten to compromise cancer care resources and displace entire Micronesian populations. The consequences of these risks are expected to increase the strain on the already challenged, disjointed, and burdened healthcare infrastructure in Micronesia, likely leading to more expenses in off-island referrals. A general shortage of Pacific Islander physicians within the workforce reduces the number of patients that can be seen, as well as the quality of culturally competent care that is delivered. In this narrative review, we comprehensively underscore the health disparities and cancer inequities faced by the underserved communities within Micronesia.
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