Access and Representation: A Narrative Review of the Disparities in Access to Clinical Trials and Precision Oncology in Black men with Prostate Cancer

Objective:To provide commentary on the disparities in access to clinical trials and precision oncology specific to Black men with Prostate Cancer (PCa) in the United States and lend a general framework to aid in closing these gaps.Materials and Methods: The ideas, commentaries and data presented in this narrative review were synthesized by utilizing qualitative and quantitative studies, reviews, and randomized control trials performed between 2010 and 2021. We searched PubMed using the key words “Medicaid”, “Medicare”, “clinical trials”, “African Americans”, “Black”, “underrepresentation”, “access”, “Prostate Cancer”, “minority recruitment”, “racial disparities”, “disparity”, “genomics”, “biomarkers”, “diagnostic” “prognostic”, “ validation”, “precision medicine”, and “precision oncology” to identify important themes, trends and data described in the current review.
Source: Urology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Source Type: research