Open AccessThe Elimination of Cancer Health Disparities: Are We Ready to Do the Heavy Lifting?
Author(s) -
Jackson Jonathan D.,
Moy Beverly,
Evans Michele K.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0327
Subject(s) - medicine , accrual , clinical trial , health equity , cancer , population , gerontology , family medicine , environmental health , public health , pathology , accounting , earnings , business
Black Americans are under‐represented in cancer clinical trials because of myriad factors. Minority under‐representation in clinical trials likely contributes to the disparate cancer outcomes among minorities and the poor. This Commentary, in light of a clinical trial that was prematurely terminated because of poor accrual of black men, discusses strategies to identify and overcome barriers to enrollment for this particularly vulnerable population.