J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2022;33(1):419-436. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2022.0032.
Cancer health disparities among populations are the result of a combination of socioeconomic, environmental, behavioral, and biological factors, which affect cancer incidence, prevalence, mortality, survivorship, financial burden, and screening rates. The long-standing Meharry Medical College (MMC), Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), Tennessee State University (TSU) Cancer Partnership has built an exceptional cancer research and training environment to support the efforts of diverse investigators in addressing disparities. Over the past 20 years, collaborative partnership efforts across multiple disciplines have supported research into the determinants of cancer health disparities at a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center (VICC) along with enhancing research infrastructure and training at MMC and TSU, two institutions that serve predominantly underserved populations and underrepresented students. Moreover, the geographical placement of this partnership in Tennessee, a region with some of the highest cancer incidence and mortality in the United States, has provided an especially important opportunity to positively affect outcomes for cancer patients.
癌症在不同人群中的健康差异是多种社会经济、环境、行为和生物因素共同作用的结果，这些因素会影响癌症的发病率、患病率、死亡率、生存率、经济负担和筛查率。长期以来，梅哈里医学学院（MMC）、范德比尔特-英格拉姆癌症中心（VICC）和田纳西州立大学（TSU）癌症合作关系建立了一个卓越的癌症研究和培训环境，支持不同研究人员在解决差异方面的努力。在过去的 20 年中，多个学科的合作伙伴关系努力支持了在美国国立癌症研究所指定的综合性癌症中心（VICC）对癌症健康差异决定因素的研究，同时加强了 MMC 和 TSU 的研究基础设施和培训，这两所机构主要为服务不足的人群和代表性不足的学生提供服务。此外，该合作关系在田纳西州的地理位置，田纳西州是美国癌症发病率和死亡率最高的地区之一，为积极影响癌症患者的结果提供了一个特别重要的机会。
