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ReviewJCO oncology practice2024

Deficits of Molecular Prognosis/Diagnosis Studies in Underserved Populations.

Arielle J Medford, Beverly Moy

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Review in JCO oncology practice, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
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

2 authors.

Arielle J MedfordDepartment of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0002-0829-183X
Beverly MoyDepartment of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0003-3472-1140

Funding

Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Consortium Career Development Program in Clinical OncologyK12CA087723 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI David Tsai Ting · 2002 to 2026
$17.9M
NCI NIH HHS K12 CA087723
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular prognostic and diagnostic tools allow for targeted cancer surveillance, prognostication, and treatment, and these assays have the potential to improve the lives of patients and their relatives. The impact of these advances, however, is not uniform across populations. Underserved communities frequently do not have the same level of access to novel assays, and the clinical application of these tools is often limited by disproportionate representation of White and European ancestry populations in foundational data, as well as limited diversity in clinical trials. In this review, we highlight major advances in clinical molecular assays, key areas of disparity, and contributing factors. We then list ongoing and future areas of intervention to improve access to and efficacy of molecular assays across populations, so that we as a community may work to improve equity at this critical area of cancer care.

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NeoplasmsHumansPrognosisVulnerable Populations

Identifiers

PMID39531843
PMCPMC11747936

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