Laboratory of Pharmacogenetics and Health Care Disparities, School of STEM, New York, United States
Research Article
The Underrepresentation of Minorities and Non-Generalizability of Breast Cancer Clinical Trials?
Author(s): Clyde CS, Yazzie GA, Cayatineto HW, Grunther B and Joseph Angel de Soto*
Introduction: This year 43,000 women will die from breast cancer in the United States. African Americans and Native Americans though less
likely to get breast cancer, once diagnosed they are much more likely to
die from breast cancer. This increased death rate may in part be due to
the non-generalizability of breast cancer clinical trials. In this study, we
evaluate the participation of ethnic minorities from breast cancer clinical
trials.
Methodology: In this study, fifty-six breast cancer clinical trials
completed in the last ten years in the United States were evaluated for the
inclusion of ethnic minorities in the breast cancer clinical trials.
Results: Only 21% of breast cancer clinical trials include information
on ethnicity in the methodology while only 7% provided any information
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