A health equity framework to support the next generation of cancer population simulation models

C Chapman, J Jayasekera, C Dash… - JNCI …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Over the past 2 decades, population simulation modeling has evolved as an effective public
health tool for surveillance of cancer trends and estimation of the impact of screening and …

Using simulation modeling to guide policy to reduce disparities and achieve equity in cancer outcomes: state of the science and a road map for the future

J Mandelblatt, R Meza, A Trentham-Dietz… - JNCI …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cancer mortality in the United States has steadily decreased over time, and this trend has
largely been attributed to the discovery and implementation of effective cancer prevention …

Stromal heterogeneity may explain increased incidence of metaplastic breast cancer in women of African descent

B Kumar, AS Khatpe, J Guanglong, K Batic… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The biologic basis of genetic ancestry-dependent variability in disease incidence and
outcome is just beginning to be explored. We recently reported enrichment of a population of …

Population simulation modeling of disparities in US breast cancer mortality

JS Mandelblatt, CB Schechter, NK Stout… - JNCI …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Populations of African American or Black women have persistently
higher breast cancer mortality than the overall US population, despite having slightly lower …

Biosocial determinants inform on enduring cancer disparities

DP Turner, RA Winn, VJ Findlay - Trends in Cancer, 2024 - cell.com
Social, environmental, and biological risk factors influence exposures to newly termed
'biosocial determinants of health'. As molecular factors that lie at the intersection between …

Obesity and Early-Onset Breast Cancer and Specific Molecular Subtype Diagnosis in Black and White Women: NIMHD Social Epigenomics Program

SK Sudan, A Sharma, KS Vikramdeo… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Epidemiologic data suggest an association of obesity with breast cancer (BC);
however, obesity's contribution to early onset and risk of diagnosis with specific molecular …

Racial disparities in treatment and outcomes between non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White women with nonmetastatic inflammatory breast cancer

WH Carbajal-Ochoa, D Johnson, A Alvarez… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The incidence rate of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is higher among non-
Hispanic Black (NHB) than non-Hispanic White (NHW) women. We examined the …

Racial/ethnic disparities in all-cause and cause-specific death among children with malignant central nervous system tumours: a registry-based cohort retrospective …

H Wang, B Yao, T Tang, M Gong, Y Ma, X Wu… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background It is generally recognized that there is unequal mortality in childhood central
nervous system (CNS) malignancy in the United States (US), but little is known about the …

Higher disease burden and lower utilization in mongolian with breast cancer: a 9-year retrospective cohort study of 18.19 million adults in China

J Chen, L Qiao, M Qi, Y Zhang, Y Yan… - … Journal of Surgery, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background: Whether health inequalities of disease burden and medical utilization exist by
ethnicity in Asian breast cancer (BC) patients remains unclear. We aim to measure ethnic …

Racialized economic segregation and inequities in treatment initiation and survival among patients with metastatic breast cancer

H Pittell, GS Calip, A Pierre, CA Ryals… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Racialized economic segregation, a form of structural racism, may drive persistent
inequities among patients with breast cancer. We examined whether a composite area-level …