College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 Jun 1;31(6):1243-1246. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-21-1179.
As leaders with the American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO) Cancer Health Disparities Special Interest Group, we describe the role of structural racism in perpetuating cancer health inequity historically, and potential implications of COVID-19 in exacerbating the effects of structural racism on patients with cancer seeking screening, diagnostic care, treatment, and survivorship support. As a strategy to reduce cancer inequities in the United States, we provide the following calls to action for cancer researchers to help alleviate the burden of structural racism: (i) identify and name structural racism while describing its operation within all aspects of scientific research; (ii) comprehensively integrate discussions on structural racism into teaching, mentoring, and service activities; and (iii) understand and support community actions to address structural racism.
作为美国预防肿瘤学学会（ASPO）癌症健康差异特别兴趣小组的领导者，我们描述了结构性种族主义在历史上如何使癌症健康不平等持续存在，以及 COVID-19 可能加剧结构性种族主义对寻求筛查、诊断护理、治疗和生存支持的癌症患者的影响。作为减少美国癌症不平等的一种策略，我们为癌症研究人员提供了以下行动呼吁，以帮助减轻结构性种族主义的负担：（i）在描述其在科学研究各个方面运作的同时，识别和命名结构性种族主义；（ii）将关于结构性种族主义的讨论全面纳入教学、指导和服务活动；（iii）了解和支持社区采取行动解决结构性种族主义。
