Causes of socioeconomic disparities in colorectal cancer and intervention framework and strategies

JM Carethers, CA Doubeni - Gastroenterology, 2020 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer (CRC) disproportionately affects people from low socioeconomic
backgrounds and some racial minorities. Disparities in CRC incidence and outcomes might …

Targeting KRAS G12C with covalent inhibitors

JML Ostrem, KM Shokat - Annual Review of Cancer Biology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene in cancer. Following numerous attempts to
inhibit KRAS spanning multiple decades, recent efforts aimed at covalently targeting the …

Racial and ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality

JM Carethers - Advances in cancer research, 2021 - Elsevier
The occurrence of colorectal cancer (CRC) shows a large disparity among recognized races
and ethnicities in the US, with Black Americans demonstrating the highest incidence and …

Differences in stage of cancer at diagnosis, treatment, and survival by race and ethnicity among leading cancer types

C Zhang, C Zhang, Q Wang, Z Li, J Lin… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Information about stage of cancer at diagnosis, use of therapy, and survival
among patients from different racial/ethnic groups with 1 of the most common cancers is …

Immune-based cancer treatment: addressing disparities in access and outcomes

RU Osarogiagbon, HM Sineshaw, JM Unger… - American Society of …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
Avoidable differences in the care and outcomes of patients with cancer (ie, cancer care
disparities) emerge or worsen with discoveries of new, more effective approaches to cancer …

Disparities in biomarker testing and clinical trial enrollment among patients with lung, breast, or colorectal cancers in the United States

DS Bruno, LM Hess, X Li, EW Su, M Patel - JCO Precision Oncology, 2022 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Comprehensive tumor biomarker testing is a fundamental step in the selection of
highly effective molecularly driven therapies for a variety of solid tumors. The primary …

Molecular, socioeconomic, and clinical factors affecting racial and ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer survival

M Yousef, A Yousef, S Chowdhury… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Disparity in overall survival (OS) and differences in the frequency of driver gene
variants by race and ethnicity have been separately observed in patients with colorectal …

DNA mutational profiling in patients with colorectal cancer treated with standard of care reveals differences in outcome and racial distribution of mutations

F Innocenti, W Mu, X Qu, FS Ou, O Kabbarah… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE CALGB (Alliance)/SWOG 80405 was a randomized phase III trial that in first-line
patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) treated with bevacizumab or cetuximab …

Global inequities in precision medicine and molecular cancer research

TM Drake, SR Knight, EM Harrison, K Søreide - Frontiers in Oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Precision medicine based upon molecular testing is heralded as a revolution in how cancer
is prevented, diagnosed, and treated. Large efforts across the world aim to conduct …

Racial disparities in the molecular landscape of cancer

EI Heath, F Lynce, J Xiu, A Ellerbrock… - Anticancer …, 2018 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: African Americans (AA) have the highest incidence and mortality of any
racial/ethnic group in the US for most cancer types. Heterogeneity in the molecular biology …