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Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Lung Cancer

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Racial disparity in cancer risk and outcomes is a subject of scientific and political controversy; however, differences in lung cancer incidence and mortality as well as access to and quality of health care among differing racial populations in the United States have been well-documented. Some researchers attribute the disparities in cancer risk and outcome to interactions between genetic and environmental factors, but these theories do not hold for disparities in access to quality care. In order to fully understand these differences and to aid in deciphering the roles that genetic and environmental factors and their interactions play in lung cancer development, lung cancer research studies and trials must include participants from multiracial, multiethnic populations.

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Etzel, C.J., Kachroo, S. (2010). Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Lung Cancer. In: Stewart, D. (eds) Lung Cancer. Current Clinical Oncology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-524-8_3

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