Open AccessRacial/Ethnic Disparities in Genomic Sequencing
Author(s) -
Daniel E. Spratt,
Tiffany Chan,
Levi Waldron,
Corey Speers,
Felix Y. Feng,
Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi,
Joseph R. Osborne
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.846
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2374-2445
pISSN - 2374-2437
DOI - 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.1854
Subject(s) - medicine , pacific islanders , ethnic group , population , health equity , genetics , allele frequency , oncology , biology , gene , pathology , allele , public health , sociology , anthropology , environmental health
Although poorly understood, there is heterogeneity in the molecular biology of cancer across race and ethnicities. The representation of racial minorities in large genomic sequencing efforts is unclear, and could have an impact on health care disparities.
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