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AACR conference examines how societal framework of racism drives cancer disparities

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The global coronavirus pandemic has torn the veil that dimmed the nation’s awareness of the breadth and depth of health disparities, including cancer health disparities.

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Steven R. Patierno, PhD
Deputy director, Duke Cancer Institute; Professor of medicine, pharmacology and cancer biology, professor of family medicine and community health, Duke University School Medicine; Conference co-chair, AACR Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved
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