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Navigating Access to Cancer Care: Identifying Barriers to Precision Cancer Medicine.

📅 January 1, 2022 👤 Cooper Kayla E, Abdallah Khadijah E, Angove Rebekah S M et al. 📖 Ethnicity & disease

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Precision medicine is revolutionizing cancer treatment. Our combined analyses suggest that both system-level and patient-level barriers limit patient access to precision cancer medicine options.

🔑 Key Findings

  • However, there has been limited investigation of barriers patients endure to access precision cancer medicine.
  • This study aims to report the experiences of underserved patient populations with limited access to genomic testing, clinical trials, and precision cancer treatment.
  • A mixed-method study was employed to quantitatively evaluate patients (N=300) seeking precision cancer medicine between January 2014- August 2017.

💡 Why This Matters

Understanding this could lead to better treatments, improved diagnostics, or a deeper grasp of how the human body works — benefiting patient care globally.

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📋 Article Details

Category 🧬 Medicine & Biology
Published Jan 01, 2022
Journal Ethnicity & disease
Authors Cooper Kayla E, Abdallah Khadijah E, Angove Rebekah S M, Gallagher Kathleen D, Bonham Vence L
DOI 10.18865/ed.32.1.39
Source PubMed

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