Fox Chase, Sylvester collaborate with Pfizer to identify genetic drivers of cancer disparities

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Fox Chase Cancer Center, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Pfizer’s Institute of Translational Equitable Medicine formed a collaboration to launch a cancer genomics study to characterize novel genetic, molecular, and social determinants of cancer across populations of African ancestry.

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