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The Race toward Equity: Increasing Racial Diversity in Cancer Research and Cancer Care

Donita C. Brady and Ashani T. Weeraratna
Donita C. Brady
1Department of Cancer Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Ashani T. Weeraratna
3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
4The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
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DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-20-1193 Published October 2020
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Summary: Cancer research and cancer care require deliberate attention to racial diversity. Here we comment on the ongoing issues of diversity and racism in cancer research.

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  • Cancer Discov 2020;10:1451–4

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Cancer Discovery: 10 (10)
October 2020
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Donita C. Brady and Ashani T. Weeraratna
Cancer Discov October 1 2020 (10) (10) 1451-1454; DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-20-1193

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