Reducing Racial Disparities in Cancer Outcomes

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Black patients die from cancer at a higher rate than whites. Black patients are more likely to enroll in clinical trials. A strategy consisting of these three parts can help accomplish this goal: 1) centralized information about clinical trial sites and clinical registries to identify sites that can enroll more Black patients; 2) provide assistance to sites that have great potential to recruit Black patients for clinical trials and registries but little experience in doing so;

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, but there are significant differences by race and ethnicity. The death rate for Black cancer patients is more than 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 Over the past two decades, the gap has narrowed. There are differences for several types of cancer. Black patients are underrepresented in clinical research and registries despite higher death rates.