Lessons to inform interventions to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities within hematologic malignancies

Although racial and ethnic disparities in diagnosis, treatment, and survival have been well documented within the field of hematologic malignancies, very little work has focused on testing interventions that may reduce these disparities. The aim of this commentary is to review prior work in hematolo...

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Published in:Cancer causes & control 2023-10, Vol.34 (10), p.883-886
Main Authors: Lin, Olivia M., Shen, Megan, Li, Christopher I., Lee, Stephanie J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Blood cancer
Breast cancer
Cancer Research
Epidemiology
Ethnicity
Health disparities
Hematology
Malignancy
Minority & ethnic groups
Oncology
Original Paper
Public Health
Race
Transplants
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Summary:Although racial and ethnic disparities in diagnosis, treatment, and survival have been well documented within the field of hematologic malignancies, very little work has focused on testing interventions that may reduce these disparities. The aim of this commentary is to review prior work in hematologic malignancies and explore new opportunities to develop disparity-reducing interventions by drawing from evidence-based strategies that have been successfully implemented in fields related to hematologic malignancies, including oncology and solid organ transplants. Relevant literature demonstrates that patient navigation and broader insurance coverage have been shown to reduce racial and ethnic disparities among patients with solid malignancies such as colorectal and breast cancer. Evidence-based strategies that might be most applicable to the field of hematologic malignancies include patient navigation and policy changes.
ISSN:0957-5243
1573-7225
DOI:10.1007/s10552-023-01730-x