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Emerson M, Spees L, Jackson B, Fariman S, Begay J, Morris H, et al.
J Natl Cancer Inst . 2025 Feb; PMID: 39898794
Background: American Indians (AI) experience disparities in cancer outcomes. Little is known about the quality of end-of-life (EOL) care in AI patients with cancer. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed EOL care...
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Yang Z, Prox L, Meernik C, Raveendran Y, Press D, Press D, et al.
Environ Pollut . 2025 Jan; 367:125592. PMID: 39761718
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas derived from the decay of uranium in the Earth's crust. Radon exposure is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers in the...
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Yang D, Karanth S, Yoon H, Yang J, Lou X, Bian J, et al.
JCO Oncol Adv . 2025 Jan; 1():e2400008. PMID: 39758136
Purpose: In the United States, there are disparities in access to care for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) on the basis of socioeconomic and racial/ethnic factors. This study...
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Meernik C, Chen Q, Wilson L, Joshi A, Rahman F, Pisu M, et al.
Am J Epidemiol . 2024 Oct; PMID: 39479786
Racial differences in healthcare access (HCA) may contribute to disparities in ovarian cancer (OC) survival. We used structural equation models (SEM) to examine associations between race and HCA domains (affordability,...
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Meernik C, Osazuwa-Peters O, Wilson L, Joshi A, Pisu M, Liang M, et al.
Gynecol Oncol . 2024 Aug; 190:146-152. PMID: 39213779
Objective: Ovarian cancer has poor 5-year survival, particularly among non-Hispanic (NH) Black patients. Efforts to identify patients at high-risk of functional limitations and frailty may improve outcomes. In this study,...
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Gupta A, Akinyemiju T
Cancer Epidemiol . 2024 Aug; 92:102632. PMID: 39094298
We characterized trends in early onset (aged 20-49) cancer incidence by race/ethnicity and sex using the 2011-2020 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program dataset. We estimated age-standardized cancer incidence...
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Meernik C, Kolarova M, Ksor M, Kaplan S, Marosky Thacker J, Previs R, et al.
Ann Surg Open . 2024 Jun; 5(2):e427. PMID: 38911644
Equity-focused evaluations of existing healthcare system-level policies, clinical practices, and interventions are needed to identify factors that may narrow, or unintentionally widen, the racial disparity in cancer outcomes. We focus...
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Yang Z, Prox L, Meernik C, Raveendran Y, Gibson P, Koch A, et al.
J Environ Radioact . 2024 May; 277:107460. PMID: 38797071
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that poses significant health risks to humans, including increased risk of lung cancer. This study investigates the association of neighborhood-level socioeconomic variables with...
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Osazuwa-Peters O, Deveaux A, Muehlbauer M, Ilkayeva O, Bain J, Keku T, et al.
Cancers (Basel) . 2024 Apr; 16(7). PMID: 38610937
The vaginal microbiome differs by race and contributes to inflammation by directly producing or consuming metabolites or by indirectly inducing host immune response, but its potential contributions to ovarian cancer...
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Karanth S, Mistry S, Wheeler M, Akinyemiju T, Divaker J, Yang J, et al.
Cancer Causes Control . 2024 Mar; 35(7):1063-1073. PMID: 38520565
Purpose: Disparities in oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer based on race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status have been reported, but the impact of living within areas that are persistently poor at the...