Recruitment of ethnic minorities into cancer clinical trials: Experience from the front lines

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1017-1021

  Symonds, R P ^a   Lord, K ^b   Mitchell, A J ^a,c   Raghavan, D ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Leicestershire Partnership Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^e LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer clinical trials; clinical trials; ethnic minorities

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 84866873044     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.240     Document Type: Review

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