The impact of social and environmental factors on cancer biology in Black Americans

BD Lord, AR Harris, S Ambs - Cancer Causes & Control, 2023 - Springer
Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with early onset of chronic diseases and
reduced life expectancy. The involvement of neighborhood-level factors in defining cancer …

Evaluation of social determinants of health and prostate cancer outcomes among black and white patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RA Vince, R Jiang, M Bank, J Quarles… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance As the field of medicine strives for equity in care, research showing the
association of social determinants of health (SDOH) with poorer health care outcomes is …

The complex interplay of modifiable risk factors affecting prostate cancer disparities in African American men

JR Johnson, N Mavingire, L Woods-Burnham… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed non-skin malignancy and the
second leading cause of cancer death among men in the USA. However, the mortality rate of …

Neighborhood archetypes and cardiovascular health in Black breast cancer survivors

CT Sánchez-Díaz, RA Babel, HS Iyer, N Goldman… - Cardio Oncology, 2024 - jacc.org
Background Maintaining cardiovascular health (CVH) is critical for breast cancer (BC)
survivors, particularly given the potential cardiotoxic effects of cancer treatments. Poor CVH …

Influence of neighborhood social and natural environment on prostate tumor histology in a cohort of male health professionals

HS Iyer, JB Vaselkiv, KH Stopsack… - American journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Adverse neighborhood social and natural (green space) environments may contribute to the
etiology of prostate cancer (CaP), but mechanisms are unclear. We examined associations …

Area-level socioeconomic disadvantage and cancer survival in metropolitan Detroit

NG Snider, TA Hastert, M Nair, M Kc… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2023 - AACR
Background: Racial segregation is linked to poorer neighborhood quality and adverse
health conditions among minorities, including worse cancer outcomes. We evaluated …

Impact of patient demographics and neighborhood socioeconomic variables on clinical trial participation patterns for NHL

C Nze, CR Andersen, AA Ayers, J Westin… - Blood …, 2024 - ashpublications.org
Prior studies have demonstrated that certain populations including older patients,
racial/ethnic minority groups, and women are underrepresented in clinical trials. We …

Disparities on prostate cancer survival in Mexico: a retrospective cohort study

LE Torres-Sánchez, JG Hernández-Pérez… - salud pública de …, 2023 - saludpublica.mx
Objective. To estimate prostate cancer (PC) survival in Mexico and explore survival
disparities according to the marginalization level of residence place. Materials and methods …

Neighborhood social vulnerability and disparities in time to kidney cancer surgical treatment and survival in Arizona

CI Valencia, P Wightman, KE Morrill, CH Hsu… - Cancer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Hispanics and American Indians (AI) have high kidney cancer
incidence and mortality rates in Arizona. This study assessed:(1) whether racial and ethnic …

Racial/ethnic disparities in prostate cancer 5-year survival: the role of health-care access and disease severity

CJ El Khoury, SAP Clouston - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This study explores the five-year survival rates of prostate cancer patients
(PCa) in the United States, considering their socioeconomic status (SES) and discussing the …