Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) conducted an extensive review of both peer-reviewed research studies and governmental public health data, looking at the so-called “intersectionality” of factors influencing health disparities to determine that sexual and racial minority status influences cancer screening behaviors and cancer risk.
Acting Director Dr. Krzysztof Ptak’s words reverberated throughout the meeting room—and the heads of several of us—during the National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Centers update on the final day of the 2024 Association of American Cancer Institutes/Cancer Center Administrators Forum Annual Meeting in Chicago.
