New Publication in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute

I co-authored an article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute entitled “Associations of self-identified race and ethnicity and genetic ancestry with mortality among cancer survivors” led by Dr. Jacqueline Vo and Dr. Derek Brown. We studied self-identified race and ethnicity (SIRE) and genetic ancestry in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. We found that SIRE and genetic ancestry do not solely reflect biologic variation; rather, social factors may drive mortality differences by SIRE and genetic ancestry. This project was funded, in-part, by our 2021 William G. Coleman Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award.