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"An important goal of the Abramson Cancer Center is to serve and engage our community --and that includes improving access to clinical trials for all patients," said senior author Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, director of the ACC and vice president for Cancer Programs in the University of Pennsylvania Health System. "Aligning the number of Black patients with cancer we care for with the number enrolled in our trials is how we can help bring more equitable care to the community, close gaps in disparities, and sustain trust. There's more work to be done to improve access and inclusion of m...

How to address low representation of Black Americans in cancer trials The Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania (ACC) has succeeded in more than doubling the enrollment of Black patients into cancer clinical trials following a five-year community outreach plan. The success of the community engagement efforts, which increased patient enrollment of Black participants from 12 to 24%, will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting on June 5.  Black Americans have typically had low representation in cancer research, exemplifying yet another health...

Penn University more than doubles the percentage of Black patients in cancer clinical trials A five-year community outreach and engagement effort by the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania (ACC) to increase enrollment of Black patients into cancer clinical trials more than doubled the percentage of participants, improving access and treatment for a group with historically low representation in cancer research. The percentage of patients enrolled into a treatment clinical trial, for example, increased from 12 to 24 percent. A significant increase was also observed in non-t...

Date Time Ludwig Cancer Research opens new Branch dedicated to cancer metabolism at Princeton University April 13, 2021, New York-Ludwig Cancer Research is proud to announce on its 50th anniversary the launch of the newest Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. Based at Princeton University, the Ludwig Princeton Branch will be wholly dedicated to the study of cancer metabolism and the translation of its findings into new paradigms for cancer prevention and treatment. Ludwig Princeton is directed by chemical biologist and cancer researcher Joshua Rabinowitz, a Professor in the Dep...

Representing the governor right now and we are suing over, this saying basically if you don't accept the medicaid expansion we're going to pull or we can pull your low income pool. >> let me ask you quickly. >> these are the poorest of poor families, greta. that's what is so sad. this is over a 2 billion-dollar program that they are threatening to take away from floridians, our tax dollars if we don't expand medicine cadz that is not a job for the president. >> follow what the court says. i want to get to another court issue. there was some charity frauds in florida there has been a recent set...