1. Disparities in participation in cancer clinical trials in the United States : a symptom of a healthcare system in crisis.
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Colon-Otero G, Smallridge RC, Solberg LA Jr, Keith TD, Woodward TA, Willis FB, and Dunn AN
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- Clinical Trials as Topic economics, Clinical Trials as Topic statistics & numerical data, Delivery of Health Care economics, Delivery of Health Care statistics & numerical data, Health Policy, Health Services Accessibility, Healthcare Disparities economics, Healthcare Disparities statistics & numerical data, Humans, Insurance, Health, National Cancer Institute (U.S.), Patient Participation economics, Patient Participation statistics & numerical data, Social Class, United States, Clinical Trials as Topic trends, Delivery of Health Care trends, Healthcare Disparities trends, Neoplasms ethnology, Neoplasms therapy, Patient Participation trends
- Abstract
Disparities in minorities' representation in cancer clinical trials have been shown only in adult populations, which suggest that the main causes of these disparities relate to health system-based barriers, including issues of poverty (lack of insurance), poor access to trials, and an inadequate number of clinical trials. Initiatives that increase the participation of community physicians in cancer clinical research trials and increase low socioeconomic status patients' access to cancer trials will likely ameliorate this problem.
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- 2008
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