The Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California 90033-0804, USA.
Nat Rev Cancer. 2012 Sep;12(9):648-53. doi: 10.1038/nrc3341. Epub 2012 Aug 2.
It is becoming clear that some of the differences in cancer risk, incidence and survival among people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds can be attributed to biological factors. However, identifying these factors and exploiting them to help eliminate cancer disparities has proved challenging. With this in mind, we asked four scientists for their opinions on the most crucial advances, as well as the challenges and what the future holds for this important emerging area of research.
很明显，不同种族和民族背景的人群在癌症风险、发病率和生存率方面的一些差异可以归因于生物学因素。然而，确定这些因素并利用它们来帮助消除癌症差异一直具有挑战性。考虑到这一点，我们询问了四位科学家，让他们谈谈这一重要新兴研究领域最关键的进展、挑战以及未来前景。
